People's History of Civilization

The American anarchist, primitivist philosopher, and author John Zerzan critiques agriculture-based civilization as inherently oppressive and advocates drawing upon the life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought, and the concept of time.

This book includes sixteen essays ranging from the beginning of civilization to today’s general crisis. Zerzan provides a critical perspective about civilization.

A People’s History of Civilization includes chapters about:

• Patriarchy
• The City and its Inmates
• War Enters the Picture
• The Bronze Age
• The Axial Age
• The Crisis of Late Antiquity
• Revolt and Heresy
• Modernity Takes Charge
• Who Killed Ned Ludd
• Cultural Luddism
• Industrialism and Resistance
• Decadence
• WWI
• Civilization’s Pathological Endgame

In recent years, John Zerzan, co-editor of Black and Green Review, has successfully toured Europe to speak from his primitivist perspective regarding contemporary civilization. Zerzan calls Eugene, Oregon home.

Author: John Zerzan
Publisher: Feral House Books
Page Count: 311pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 x 1
Notes: paperback
Date of Publication: April 10, 2018
ISBN: 978-1627310598