Uncivilized: The Best of Green Anarchy

by John Zerzan, Various, Anonymous

A collection of some of the best that Green Anarchy had to offer (not including when animals attack--look for that later!), in thematic sections that echo the humor, the aesthetic, and the sensibility of the magazine that for years was the most consequential voice in the northwest.

Civilization, Technology, the Left, Resistance, and Decolonization are some of the themes, with articles by John Zerzan, Ted Kaczynski, Aragorn!, Dan Todd, Jesus Sepulveda, Ron Sakolsky, Wolfi Landstreicher, Fire, and interviews with Ward Churchill and the remarkable Godfrey Reggiou.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Anarchism, Philosophy

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

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.

Some subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought (such as mathematics and art) and the concept of time.

Reviews

[Kerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is most excellent, information rich and full of ideas. I had to put it down several times to digest what I'd absorbed to that point. Someone who isn't familiar with anti-civilization theory and praxis may not want to start with this one as it isn't a primer of those ideas. For anyone who has made a study of the toxicity of modern life, though; can't recommend this enough.