John Zerzan
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Zerzan lecturing at the 2010 Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair
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August 10, 1943 (age 73) Salem, Oregon, United States |
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Stanford University San Francisco State University |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Anarcho-primitivism, Post-left anarchy |
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Main interests
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Hunter-gatherer society, Civilization, alienation, symbolic culture, technology, mass society |
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Notable ideas
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Domestication of humans, rewilding |
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John Zerzan (/ˈzɜːrzən/, ZUR-zən; born August 10, 1943) is an 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.
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).
Zerzan was born in Salem, Oregon. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and later received a master's degree in History from San Francisco State University. He completed his coursework towards a PhD at the University of Southern California but dropped out before completing his dissertation. He is of Czech descent.
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