Editing John Zerzan

{{Short description|American anarchist and primitivist philosopher}}
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|era              = [[Contemporary philosophy]]
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|name             = John Zerzan
|birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|August 10, 1943}}
|birth_place      = [[Salem, Oregon]], U.S.
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*[[Stanford University]]
*[[San Francisco State University]]
*[[University of Southern California]]
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|school_tradition = [[Anarcho-primitivism]], [[post-left anarchy]]
|main_interests   = [[Hunter-gatherer society]], [[civilization]], [[Social alienation|alienation]], [[symbolic culture]], technology, [[mass society]]
|notable_ideas    = [[Domestication]] of humans, [[Rewilding (anarchism)|rewilding]]
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'''John Edward Zerzan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|ɜr|z|ə|n}} {{respell|ZUR|zən}}; born August 10, 1943) is an [[American people|American]] [[anarchism|anarchist]] and [[anarcho-primitivism|primitivist]] [[author]]. His works criticize [[agricultural]] [[civilization]] as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of [[hunter-gatherer]]s as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include [[domestication]] and [[Anarcho-primitivism#Critique of mechanical time and symbolic culture|symbolic thought]] (such as [[language]], [[number]], [[art]] and the concept of [[time]]).

His six major books are ''Elements of Refusal'' (1988), ''[[Future Primitive and Other Essays]]'' (1994), ''Running on Emptiness'' (2002), ''Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections'' (2005), ''Twilight of the Machines'' (2008), and ''Why hope? The Stand Against Civilization'' (2015).

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== Early life and education ==

Zerzan was born in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], Oregon, and is of [[Czechs|Czech]] and [[Slovaks|Slovakian]] descent. He received his bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from [[Stanford University]] in 1966. From 1967 to 1970, Zerzan worked as a [[union organizer]] for the Social Service Employees’ Union in [[San Francisco]]. Zerzan returned to school and received a master's degree in history from [[San Francisco State University]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Zerzan papers, 1946-2000|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81752|website=Archives West|access-date=July 11, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216080043/http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81752|url-status=live}}</ref> He completed his coursework towards a [[PhD]] at the [[University of Southern California]] but dropped out in 1975 before completing his [[Thesis|dissertation]].

== Activism ==

In 1966, Zerzan was arrested while performing [[civil disobedience]] at a [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] anti-[[Vietnam War]] march and spent two weeks in the [[Contra Costa County]] [[county jail|Jail]]. He vowed after his release never again to be willingly arrested. He attended events organized by [[Ken Kesey]] and the [[Merry Pranksters]] and was involved with the [[psychedelic drug]] and [[psychedelic music|music]] scene in San Francisco's [[Haight-Ashbury]] neighborhood.<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/18/mayday.features11 |title=Profile of American anarchist John Zerzan &#124; World news |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=November 13, 2011 |date=April 20, 2001 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111225818/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/18/mayday.features11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the late 1960s he worked as a [[social worker]] for the city of San Francisco [[Welfare (financial aid)|welfare]] department. He helped organize a social workers’ [[trade union|union]], the SSEU, and was elected vice president in 1968, and president in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shapingsf.org/ezine/labor/nopaid/main.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828045251/http://www.shapingsf.org/ezine/labor/nopaid/main.html|url-status=dead|title=History of the union|archivedate=August 28, 2008}}</ref> The local [[Situationist International|Situationist]] group Contradiction denounced him as a "[[leftist]] [[bureaucracy|bureaucrat]]".<ref>{{cite web |author=Contradiction |url=http://www.bopsecrets.org/PH/zerzan.htm |title=Open Letter to John Zerzan, anti-bureaucrat of the San Francisco Social Services Employees Union |publisher=Bopsecrets.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609081623/http://www.bopsecrets.org/PH/zerzan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1974, Black and Red Press published ''Unions Against Revolution'' by Spanish [[ultra-left]] theorist [[Grandizo Munis]] that included an essay by Zerzan which previously appeared in the journal ''[[Telos (journal)|Telos]]''. Over the next 20 years, Zerzan became intimately involved with the ''[[Fifth Estate (periodical)|Fifth Estate]]'', ''[[Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed]]'', ''Demolition Derby '' and other anarchist periodicals. He began to question civilization in the early 80s, after having sought to confront issues around the neutrality of technology and division of labour, at the time when [[Fredy Perlman]] was making similar conclusions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrupt.org/act/interviews/john_zerzan |title=Interview: Anarcho-Primitivist Thinker and Activist John Zerzan &#124; CORRUPT.org: Conservation & Conservatism |publisher=CORRUPT.org |date=December 7, 2008 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002121547/http://www.corrupt.org/act/interviews/john_zerzan |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }}</ref> He saw civilization itself as the root of the problems of the world and that a hunter-gatherer form of society presented the most [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian model]] for human relations with themselves and the natural world.

Zerzan became more widely known during the trial of [[Ted Kaczynski]]. After reading the ''[[Industrial Society and Its Future|Unabomber Manifesto]]'', Zerzan went to Colorado to experience the trial and meet with Kaczynski in-between proceedings. The ''[[New York Times]]'' reporter Kenneth B. Noble   took interest in Zerzan's sympathies and published an interview titled "Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber" that raised his national profile.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Glendinning |first1=Chellis |chapter=Elements of Refusal: Anarchism |title=In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir of Bohemians, Deep Heads, and History Makers |date=2019-05-14 |language=en |isbn=978-1-61332-097-6 |publisher=New Village Press |df=mdy-all |page=247 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuadDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 }}</ref><!--<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3DD113FF934A35756C0A963958260 Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830013430/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/07/us/prominent-anarchist-finds-unsought-ally-in-serial-bomber.html |date=August 30, 2021 }} (New York Times article)</ref>--><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/07/us/prominent-anarchist-finds-unsought-ally-in-serial-bomber.html|title=Prominent Anarchist Finds Unsought Ally in Serial Bomber|first=Kenneth B.|last=Noble|date=May 7, 1995|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Kaczynski eventually split from Zerzan and the anarcho-primitivists with the belief that leftist causes were a distraction.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Sean|last1=Fleming|title=The Unabomber and the origins of anti-tech radicalism|journal=Journal of Political Ideologies|date=7 May 2021|volume=27 |issue=2 |issn=1356-9317|pages=207–225|doi=10.1080/13569317.2021.1921940|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In a 2014 interview, Zerzan stated that he and Kaczynski were "not on terms anymore." He criticized his former friend's 2008 essay "The Truth About Primitive Life: A Critique of Anarchoprimitivism" and expressed disapproval of [[Individualists Tending to the Wild|Individuals Tending Towards the Wild]], a Mexican group influenced by the Unabomber's bombing campaign.<ref name="vice.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/john-zerzan-wants-us-to-give-up-all-of-our-technology/ |title=The Anarcho-Primitivist Who Wants Us All To Give Up Technology |work=Vice Media Inc |location=USA |access-date=June 26, 2014 |date=June 25, 2014 |archive-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627142045/http://www.vice.com/read/john-zerzan-wants-us-to-give-up-all-of-our-technology |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, Zerzan engaged in a public debate against [[Zoltan Istvan]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-stanford-university-deb_b_6186982|title=A Stanford University Debate: Transhumanism vs. Anarcho-Primitivism|date=November 20, 2014|website=HuffPost}}</ref> Zerzan and Istvan hold differing views on technology, with Istvan stating on ''[[HuffPost]]'' that their views on the subject are polar opposites of each-other.<ref name="auto2"/> Zerzan is an anarcho-primitivist and therefore considers technology inherently harmful to humanity, animals and nature and Planet Earth more generally.<ref name="auto2"/> Istvan is a [[Transhumanism|transhumanist]] and considers technology as a beneficial to humanity, animals and nature and Planet Earth more generally.<ref name="auto2"/>

Zerzan was associated with the [[Eugene, Oregon anarchist scene]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/11/22/coverstory.html|title=Part. III: Eco-Anarchy Imploding|newspaper=[[Eugene Weekly]]|date=November 22, 2006|access-date=September 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403004049/http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/11/22/coverstory.html|archive-date=April 3, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

=== Radio show ===

One method Zerzan uses to promote his Anarcho-primitivist ideas is with his radio show ''AnarchyRadio'' on [[KWVA]] at 88.1 FM in [[Eugene, Oregon]] and live-streamed worldwide by the station's website with archive recordings of full shows available on John Zerzan's own website.<ref name="auto6">{{cite web | url=https://www.johnzerzan.net/radio/ | title=John Zerzan: Anti-civilization theorist, writer and speaker }}</ref> Zerzan's website states that he started the show in 2000 although the recorded archive of shows on the site only goes back to 2006.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto3">{{cite web | url=https://www.johnzerzan.net/radio/archive.html | title=John Zerzan: Anti-civilization theorist, writer and speaker }}</ref> Zerzan's show airs live on Tuesdays on KWVA at 7pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]] and lasts an hour.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto3"/> Besides Zerzan himself, ''AnarchyRadio'' occasionally has a co-host with Zerzan and also fills in for Zerzan entirely when he is on speaking tours.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto3"/> ''AnarchyRadio'' is a [[call-in show]] and listeners can phone KWVA during the show and talk to the host(s) live.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.johnzerzan.net/radio | title=John Zerzan: Anti-civilization theorist, writer and speaker }}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> Until 2024, ''AnarchyRadio'' aired every Tuesday. Since 2024, ''AnarchyRadio'' now only airs on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. This new scheduling was introduced unofficially in February with an announcement at the end of the February 27 airing and later became official when Zerzan announced it at the start of the March 26 airing, claiming it was "more manageable" for him at his age of 80 years.<ref name="auto6"/>

In 2014, ''AnarchyRadio'' gained unwanted media attention when it was discovered by the [[New York Daily News]] that Adam Lanza (who was the shooter in the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] in 2012) once called the show in December 2011 and spoke to Zerzan live on air.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/01/16/adam-lanza-calls-in-radio-station-a-year-before-sandy-hook-shooting-and-gives-bizarre-interview-listen-to-the-tape/|title=Adam Lanza calls in radio station a year before Sandy Hook shooting and gives bizarre interview — LISTEN TO THE TAPE|first1=Corky|last1=Siemaszko|first2=Joe|last2=Kemp|first3=Matthew|last3=Lysiak|website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=January 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{cite web | url=https://nbc16.com/news/local/radio-host-on-killers-call-its-tough-to-wrap-your-mind-around | title=Radio host on killer's call: 'It's tough to wrap your mind around' | date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{cite web | url=https://news.sky.com/story/adam-lanza-made-weird-call-to-radio-show-10421197 | title=Adam Lanza Made Weird Call to Radio Show }}</ref><ref name="auto1">www.archive.org/details/AnarchyRadio12-20-2011</ref> Lanza called during the December 20 2011 show.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2014/01/adam_lanza_apparently_phoned_o.html|title=Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza apparently phoned Oregon anarchist radio show a year before massacre|first=Kimberly A. C. Wilson &#124; The|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|date=January 16, 2014|website=oregonlive}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/AnarchyRadio12-20-2011|title=Anarchy Radio 12-20-2011|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Lanza did not use his real name and gave his name as "Greg" while calling Zerzan.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto7"/> Lanza also disguised his voice while calling as "Greg".<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/><ref name="auto1"/> During the seven minute call, Greg/Lanza talked about the chimpanzee [[Travis (chimpanzee)|Travis]] who lived in Lanza's home state of Connecticut and was notorious for an incident in 2009 where he tore off the face of Charla Nash (a friend of Sandra Herold, who kept Travis in her home as a pet) and was shot and killed shortly after 911 was called to house for help.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7"/> This incident was considered as shocking because Travis raised by humans his whole life and was very friendly towards them.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rawstory.com/2014/01/newtown-killer-adam-lanza-offers-clues-about-mass-shooting-in-recorded-call-to-radio-show/|title=Newtown killer Adam Lanza offers clues about mass shooting in recorded call to radio show - Raw Story|website=www.rawstory.com}}</ref> During the call, Greg/Lanza said that he was a fan of Zerzan's work and stated that Travis was not "an untamed monster" but was actually "civilized. He was able to integrate into society."<ref name="auto8"/> One comment by Lanza drew particular attention from media in light of his actions was "I just don't think it would be such a stretch to say that he [Travis] very well could have been a teenage mall shooter or something like that."<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7"/> A day later, Lanza posted on the online forum ''Shocked Beyond Belief'' under the username "Smiggles" about the call to Zerzan.<ref name="auto5"/> In an interview with TV station [[KMTR]] shortly the call surfaced, Zerzan stated that Lanza mentioning shooting "and then again later he ends up doing it, I mean it's just hard to grasp."<ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/> Zerzan also notes that "it's tough to wrap your mind around, but then when you realize you spoke with the guy or listened to the guy, it's all the more upsetting."<ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto8"/>

== Thought ==

Zerzan is an anarchist philosopher, and is broadly associated with the philosophies of [[anarcho-primitivism]], [[green anarchism]], anti-civilisation, [[post-left anarchy]], [[Neo-Luddism|neo-luddism]], and in particular the [[critique of technology]].<ref name=GUARDIAN>{{Cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Duncan |title=Profile of American anarchist John Zerzan |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2001-04-18 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/18/mayday.features11 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |df=mdy-all |access-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111225818/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/18/mayday.features11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Zerzan has accused linguist and activist [[Noam Chomsky]] of not being a real anarchist, saying that he is instead "a liberal-leftist politically, and downright reactionary in his academic specialty, linguistic theory. Chomsky is also, by all accounts, a generous, sincere, tireless activist -- which does not, unfortunately, ensure his thinking has liberatory value."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zerzan |first=John |title=Who is Chomsky? |url=http://www.primitivism.com/chomsky.htm |website=Primitivism.com |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221023457/http://www.primitivism.com/chomsky.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Criticism ==

In his essay "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm", [[Murray Bookchin]] directed criticism from an anarchist point of view at Zerzan's anti-civilizational and anti-technological perspective. He argued that Zerzan's representation of hunter-gatherers was flawed, selective and often patronisingly racist, that his analysis was superficial, and that his practical proposals were nonsensical.

Aside from Bookchin, several other anarchist critiques of Zerzan's primitivist philosophies exist. The pamphlet "Anarchism vs. Primitivism" by Brian Oliver Sheppard criticizes many aspects of the primitivist philosophy.<ref name="Libcom.org">{{cite web |url=http://libcom.org/library/anarchism-vs-primitivism |title=Anarchism vs. Primitivism by Brian Oliver Sheppard |publisher=Libcom.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126095839/http://libcom.org/library/anarchism-vs-primitivism |url-status=live }}</ref> It specifically rejects the claim that primitivism is a form of anarchism.

Some authors such as Andrew Flood have argued that destroying civilization would lead to the [[Mass killing|death of a significant majority of the population]], mainly in poor countries.<ref name="Anarkismo.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=1451 |title=Civilization, Primitivism, Anarchism by Andrew Flood |publisher=Anarkismo.net |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104032614/http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=1451 |url-status=live }}</ref> John Zerzan responded to such claims by suggesting a gradual decrease in population size, with the possibility of people having the need to seek means of sustainability more close to nature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/fp.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910091422/http://www.insurgentdesire.org.uk/fp.htm|url-status=dead|title=On the Transition Postscript to Future {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Primitve}}|archivedate=September 10, 2010|website=www.insurgentdesire.org.uk | first=John | last=Zerzan}}</ref>

Flood suggests this contradicts Zerzan's claims elsewhere, and adds that, since it is certain that most people will strongly reject Zerzan's supposed [[utopia]], it can only be implemented by authoritarian means, against the will of billions.<ref name="Anarkismo.net"/>

In his essay "Listen Anarchist!", [[Chaz Bufe]] criticized the primitivist position from an anarchist perspective, pointing out that primitivists are extremely vague about exactly which technologies they advocate keeping and which they seek to abolish, noting that smallpox had been eradicated thanks to medical technology.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.seesharppress.com/listen.html| author=Chaz Bufe| title=Listen Anarchist!| publisher=See Sharp Press| year=1987| access-date=April 1, 2013| archive-date=November 23, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123073642/http://www.seesharppress.com/listen.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

In an essay called "Anarchism = Zerzan?", socialist economist [[Michael Albert]] critiques Zerzan's perspectives on concepts such as language, division of labour, and technology, instead saying that Zerzan's argument rests on these concepts being inherently wrong, instead of, as Albert argues, being neutral concepts that can be utilised morally or immorally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anarchism=Zerzan? |url=https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/anarchism-zerzan-by-michael-albert/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=ZNetwork |date=May 17, 2001 |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Noam Chomsky]] criticized the anarcho-primitivist viewpoint, saying that to end civilization essentially means killing billions of people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/stone-age-daydreams|title=Stone Age Daydreams|website=Verso}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
=== Books and pamphlets ===
* ''When We Are Human: Notes From The Age Of Pandemics'', July 2021.
* ''A People's History of Civilization'', April 20, 2018
* ''Time and Time Again''. Detritus Books, 2018.
* ''Why hope? The Stand Against Civilization''. [[Feral House]], 2015.
* ''Future Primitive Revisited''. Feral House, May 2012.
* ''Origins of the 1%: The Bronze Age'' pamphlet. [[Left Bank Books (Seattle)|Left Bank Books]], 2012.
* ''Origins: A John Zerzan Reader''. Joint publication of FC Press and Black and Green Press, 2010.
* ''Twilight of the Machines''. Feral House, 2008.
* ''Running On Emptiness''. Feral House, 2002.
* ''Against Civilization'' (editor). Uncivilized Books, 1999; Expanded edition, Feral House, 2005.
* ''Future Primitive''. [[Autonomedia]], 1994.
* ''Questioning Technology'' (co-edited with Alice Carnes). Freedom Press, 1988; 2d edition, New Society, 1991, {{ISBN|978-0-900384-44-8}}
* ''Elements of Refusal''. [[Left Bank Books (Seattle)|Left Bank Books]], 1988; 2d edition, C.A.L. Press, 1999.

In addition, Zerzan's memoir is due for publishing by [[Feral House]] in late 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/415-summer-2024-2/rewilding/|title=Rewilding - Issue 415, Summer 2024}}</ref>

=== Articles ===
* ''Telos'' 141, ''Second-Best Life: Real Virtuality''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Winter 2007.
* ''Telos'' 137, ''Breaking the Spell: A Civilization Critique Perspective''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Winter 2006.
* ''Telos'' 124, ''Why Primitivism?''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Summer 2002.
* ''Telos'' 60, ''Taylorism and Unionism: The Origins of a Partnership''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Summer 1984.
* ''Telos'' 50, ''Anti-Work and the Struggle for Control''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Winter 1981–1982.
* ''Telos'' 49, ''Origins and Meaning of World War I''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Fall 1981.
* ''Telos'' 28, ''Unionism and the Labor Front''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Summer 1978.
* ''Telos'' 27, ''Unionization in America''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Spring 1976.
* ''Telos'' 21, ''Organized Labor versus The Revolt Against Work: The Critical Contest''.  New York: Telos Press Ltd., Fall 1974.

== See also ==
* [[Neotribalism]]
* ''[[Species Traitor]]'', publication where John Zerzan regularly contributes
* ''[[Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers|Surplus]]'', a Swedish movie (atmo, 2003) which contains an interview with John Zerzan

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* [https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/radical-rethinking/654334/ "Radical rethinking"] by Sena Christian. (April 17, 2008)
* {{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=TJ |title=Chaos Theories |magazine=Spin |date=March 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxnVty3fkhMC&pg=PA116}}

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* [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv81752 Guide to John Zerzan's papers at the University of Oregon]
* [https://eugeneweekly.com/author/john-zerzan/ "John Zerzan"] – column at ''[[Eugene Weekly]]''
* [https://www.fifthestate.org/fe_author/john-zerzan/ "John Zerzan"] – articles at ''[[Fifth Estate (periodical)|Fifth Estate]]''

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