ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2005
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

AGAINST CIVILIZATION READINGS AND REFLECTIONS

ISBN: 0922915989
Publisher: Feral House, Los Angeles, 2005.
275 pages

A new anthology edited by the anarchist philosopher John Zerzan ... The book is composed of excerpts from the works of a wide range of authors who`ve offered radical critiques of industrial society. Against Civilization is not all poetic rage; the various contributions include reasoned analyses of the inherent contradictions of industrial capitalism, celebrations of vernacular culture, and inspiring visions of worlds beyond systematic domination and exploitation. As Kirkpatrick Sale has said of the book, `It is its collective refusal to say `Here is civilization: just accept it` that makes this volume so important. Read it and you will never think of civilization in the same way again
American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author.

His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of hunter gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like.

Some subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought (such as mathematics and art) and the concept of time.