John Zerzan
American anarchist and primitivist philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Edward Zerzan (/ˈzɜːrzən/ ZUR-zən; born August 10, 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocates drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include domestication and symbolic thought (such as language, number, art and the concept of time).
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Born | August 10, 1943 (1943-08-10) (age 80) Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
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Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Anarcho-primitivism, post-left anarchy |
Main interests | Hunter-gatherer society, civilization, alienation, symbolic culture, technology, mass society |
Notable ideas | Domestication of humans, rewilding |
His six major books are Elements of Refusal (1988), Future Primitive and Other Essays (1994), Running on Emptiness (2002), Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections (2005), Twilight of the Machines (2008), and Why hope? The Stand Against Civilization (2015).