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John Zerzan (/ˈzɜrzən/; 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.

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birth date
1943-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Salem Oregon
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced
1999 Seattle WTO protests, Green Anarchy, Species Traitor
influenced by
Theodor W. Adorno, Marshall Sahlins, Guy Debord, Ivan Illich, Richard Borshay Lee
main interest
Civilization, Mass society, Social alienation, Hunter-gatherer, Symbolic culture
notableIdea
Domestication, Rewilding
philosophicalSchool
Post-left anarchy, Anarcho-primitivism
region
Western philosophy

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