John Zerzan

John Zerzan
Philosopher, Author, Born 1943, Salem, Oregon, United States of America



(en) John Zerzan (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 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 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).

(sk) John Zerzan (narodený 1943) je americký anarchista a primitivistický filozof a autor. Jeho práce kritizujú (poľnohospodársku) civilizáciu ako v samej podstate utláčateľskú a obhajuje názor zhliadnutia na spôsoby života prehistorických ľudí ako inšpiráciu k tomu, ako by mala vyzerať slobodná spoločnosť. Jeho kritika sa rozšírila až po problém civilizácie, reči, symbolického myslenia (ako napríklad matematika a umenie) a koncepcie času. Jeho štyri hlavné knihy sú Základy odmietnutia (1988), Budúci primitív (1994), Proti civilizácii (1998) a Beh naprázdno (2002).

MORE INFO ABOUT J.Z.:
http://www.johnzerzan.net/
http://www.greenanarchy.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zerzan
http://www.primitivism.com/zerzan.htm
http://layla.miltsov.org/introduction-to-z/
- http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zerzan
- http://www.a-kontra.net/rikejme-si-klidne-puntickovani-chrobaci-s-johnem-zerzanem-o-zniceni-dejin-konci-civilizace-a-nespokojenosti-policajtu
- http://againstcivilization.blogspot.com/

John Zerzan is a writer, BUY A BOOK!; but I will pick up some videos here mainly from his lectures, but also some documentaries where he was featured.

Anarchy Radio with John Zerzan
Weekly show - you can find past recordings here - http://www.johnzerzan.net/radio

John Zerzan in film:
Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers (2003)
http://fuckcopyright.blogspot.com/2008/08/surplus-terrorized-into-being-consumers.html

Dead Society
http://fuckcopyright.blogspot.com/2008/09/dead-society.html

Yu Koyo Peya
http://www.archive.org/details/YuKoyoPeya

Yu Koyo Peya (full interview)
http://fuckcopyright.blogspot.com/2009/01/john-zerzan-yu-koyo-peya-interview.html

Lectures and conferences:
John Zerzan: On Modernity & the Technosphere
http://essentialdissent.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-zerzan-on-modernity-technosphere.html

The Earth’s Global Crisis (part 1/8)
http://layla.miltsov.org/the-earths-global-crisis/
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http://www.archive.org/details/John_Zerzan_The_Earths_Global_Crisis_08_Mtl

Pretentions of Modernity (part 1/11)
http://layla.miltsov.org/pretentions-of-modernity/
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http://www.archive.org/details/John_Zerzan_Pretentions_of_Modernity

Anarcho-Primitivism, Archeolgy and Anthropology (part 1/10)
http://layla.miltsov.org/anarcho-primitivism-archeolgy-and-anthropology/
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http://www.archive.org/details/John_Zerzan_Anarch_primitivism_Archaeology_Anthropology_08_Mtl