John Zerzan: Domestication & The Neurotic Species
Channel: Last Born in the Wilderness Podcast
Date: 2018-10-10

In this segment, anarchist and primitivist philosopher John Zerzan and I discuss the root of the pervasive neuroses, destructive addictive behaviors, and outbursts of violence in modern society — all of which stem from the alienation produced by the community-destroying elements present in civilized life today. Through John’s examination of anthropological evidence of humanity’s pre-historic past, we can understand that much of what we take for granted to be “normal” human behavior and development is really, in the scope of things, a rather recent product of the logic of technological and economic progress inherent in capitalist development — the most recent phase in global civilization’s aim to expand and protract itself into every aspect of the human experience on this planet.

John Zerzan 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. Some subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought and the concept of time. His most recent books are ‘A People's History of Civilization’ and ‘Time and Time Again,’ both released this year (2018). Learn more about John’s work at his website http://johnzerzan.net.

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This is a segment of episode #149 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Time & Time, Again: The Neuroses Of Domesticated Life w/ John Zerzan.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWzerzan

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