Against civilization : readings and reflections / / edited by John Zerzan ; illustrations by R.L. Tubbesing

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, CA : , : Feral House, , 2005
• Edizione: Enlarged ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 335.83
• Soggetto topico: Anarchism; Civilization, Modern - 20th century; Civilization, Modern - 21st century
• Altri autori: ZerzanJohn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword: Chellis Glendinning; Introduction: John Zerzan; Preface: Kevin Tucker, Unintended Consequences; SECTION I. OUTSIDE CIVILIZATION; Roy Walker, The Golden Feast; Hoxie Neale Fairchild, The Noble Savage: A Study in Romantic Naturalism; Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality; Henry David Thoreau, ""Excursions""; Fredy Perlman, Against His-story, Against Leviathan!; Arnold DeVries, Primitive Man and His Food; Marshal Sahlins, ""The Original Affluent Society""; Lynn Clive, ""Birds Combat Civilization""; John Landau, ""Wildflowers: A Bouquet of Thesis"" ; Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life; Marvin Harris, Our Kind; Ramon Wilson, Spokane Museum; SECTION II: THE COMING OF CIVILIZATION; George P. Marsh, The Earth as Modified by Human Action; Frederick Turner, Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness; James Axtell, The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America; John Zerzan, Elements of Refusal; Paul Shepard, Nature and Madness; Mark Nathan Cohen, Health and the Rise of Civilization; Robin Fox, The Search for Society ; Chellis Glendinning, My Name of Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization; Pierre Clastres, Society Against the State; Madhusree Mukerjee, The Land of the Naked People; Robert Wolff, Reading and Writing; SECTION III: THE NATURE OF CIVILIZATION; Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man; Charles Fourier, Theory of Four Movements and General Destinies; Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents; John Landau, ""Civilization and the Primitive""; Max Horkheimer, Eclipse of Reason; Max Horkheimer, Dawn and Decline; Richard Heinberg, ""Was Civilization a Mistake?"" ; Barbara Mor, Here: a small history of a mining town in the American southwest: Warren/Bisbee AZ; Ivan Illich, Toward a History of Needs; Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust; T. Fulano, ""Civilization Is Like a Jetliner""; Unabomber (AKA ""FC""), ""Industrial Society and Its Future""; Tamarack Song, The Old Way and Civilization; Ursula Legun, Women/Wilderness; SECTION IV: THE PATHOLOGY OF CIVILIZATION; Max Nordau, Conventional Lies, or Our Civilization; William Koetke, The Final Empire: The Collapse of Civilization and The Seed of the Future ; Joseph Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies; Theodore Roszak, Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Society; Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution; Peter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical Reason; Fredric Jameson, The Seeds of Time; Labor of Ludd, ""The Medium Is the Medium""; Des Rėfractaires, ""How Nice to be Civilized!""; David Watson, ""Civilization in Bulk""; Richard Heinberg, Memories and Visions of Paradise; Chrystos, ""They're Always Telling Me I'm Too Angry""; Oswald Spengler, Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life
• Sommario/riassunto: "A new anthology edited by the anarchist philosopher John Zerzan ... The book is composed of excerpts from the works of a wide range of authors who've offered radical critiques of industrial society. Against Civilization is not all poetic rage; the various contributions include reasoned analyses of the inherent contradictions of industrial capitalism, celebrations of vernacular culture, and inspiring visions of worlds beyond systematic domination and exploitation. As Kirkpatrick Sale has said of the book, 'It is its collective refusal to say 'Here is civilization: just accept it' that makes this volume so important. Read it and you will never think of civilization in the same way again"--From publisher's description
• Titolo autorizzato: Against civilization
• ISBN: 1-282-74425-9; 9786612744259; 1-932595-70-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817477703321
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