John Zerzan

John Zerzan (born 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author. His works critique (agricultural) civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of prehistoric humans as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Some of his criticism has extended as far as challenging domestication, language, symbolic thought (such as mathematics and art) and the concept of time. His four major books are Elements of Refusal (1988), Future Primitive (1994), ' (1998) and Running on Emptiness (2002).

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1943 - American - Anarchist - Primitivist - Philosopher - Agricultural - Civilization - Oppressive - Prehistoric humans - Domestication - Language - Symbolic thought - Mathematics - Art - Time - Elements of Refusal - Future Primitive - Running on Emptiness

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