Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections
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Editor: John ZerzanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-10
ISBN: 0922915989
Number of pages: 276
Publisher: Feral House
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- ISBN13: 9780922915989
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Book Reviews of Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections
Book Review: A great critique of civilization
Summary: 5 Stars
Against Civilization by John Zerzan is a great compilation of writings from the hands of many different authors.
The essays/excerpts cover a variety of subjects, including: topsoil depletion, deforestation, the loss of bio-diversity, pollution, and the human influence on the natural world. Many of the essays also discuss the harms of modern life, the emptiness of civilized living, and the pervasive unhappiness that pervades so many human lives.
My favorite writings were:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality
Fredy Perlman, Against His-story, Against Leviathan!
Marvin Harris, Our Kind
Chellis Glendinning, My Name is Chellis and I'm Recovering from Western Civilization
Ivan Illich, Toward a History of Needs
Tamarack Song, The Old Way and Civilization
William Koetke, The Final Empire: The Collapse of Civilization and The Seed of the Future
Theodore Roszak, Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Society
Feral Faun, Feral Revolution
Kirkpatrick Sale, Rebels Against the Future: Lessons from the Luddites
All in all, this book is a great read for those willing to take an honest, hard look at what we call civilization.
Summary of Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections
First published in 1999, Against Civilization quickly became known as the primer of primitivism, or "green anarchy," the most radical form of anarchism to develop in the past decade. An anthology of critical commentary on what editor John Zerzan terms "the pathology of civilization," the book offers compelling insight from a diverse group of writers and thinkers including Rousseau, Fourier, William Morris, Schiller, Bahro, Kirkpatrick Sale, and Paul Shepard. The 51 selections examine how progress and technology have led to emptiness and alienation, why every culture longs for a lost Golden Age, and question whether civilization can be saved from itself. Providing profound historical insight into the roots of cultural discontent, the book also paints a vision of a world unfettered by oppression and exploitation. This edition features 60 pages of new material.Radical Thought Books
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