John Zerzan Philosopher

John Zerzan (/ˈzɜrzən/, ZUR-zən; born 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 five major books are Elements of Refusal (1988), Future Primitive and Other Essays (1994), Running on Emptiness (2002), Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections (2005) and Twilight of the Machines (2008).

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Birth date	January 01, 1943
Birth place	Salem Oregon
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Civilization Mass society Social alienation Hunter-gatherer Symbolic culture

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influenced	1999 Seattle WTO protests Green Anarchy Species Traitor
influenced by	Theodor W. Adorno Marshall Sahlins Guy Debord Ivan Illich Richard Borshay Lee
notable idea	Domestication Rewilding
philosophical school	Post-left anarchy Anarcho-primitivism
region	Western philosophy