John Zerzan: Earth's Global Crisis 8/8

http://layla.miltsov.org/introduction-to-z

John Zerzan is one of the most interesting contemporary thinkers in the United States, at least. Like everything else in life, in order to fully appreciate Zerzan's contribution to epistemology or the philosophy of civilisation, first, one has to read his work and hear his conferences -- for, here, I only present my personal interpretation of his theory -- and second, consider the context through which his voice and energy resonate. His contribution becomes even more impressive in light of the processes of Western institutionalisation of Thought and commodification of Knowledge -- a totalitarian context that tolerates no challenge (philosophical or otherwise) that would threaten "the American way of life".

I give full credit to the artists and songs used in this video. I do not claim any of the material to be my own.

Artist: Balanescu Quartet
Song: Model

Copyright holder is EMI

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Education

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• Zerzan
• Montreal
• green
• anarchy
• anti-civilization
• freedom
• Balanescu
• Quartet
• Model

[ddrumsman549]

I have never heard of a metallica shirt wearing anarchist!

[elfidox2]

the idiot emo looking guy seriously needs to learn his stuff.

[sarcee1960]

Some hot primitivist chicks in the background.

[Hrimturs]

@petegq Only about 20% of the food came from hunting in pre-domesticated society. Most of the food was gathered, and it is estimated (and also widely accepted) that people spent no more than four hours a day "working" (that is, collecting food etc.). People had lots of time to do whatever they wanted, but why would they need to go into a cave to paint, when they could just hang around and enjoy nature and each other's company instead?

[petegq]

i have a slight problem with this notion of having to 'break' people before they can begin expressing symbolic art etc, could it not be said that the reason that the flourishing of sophisticated artistic expression did not fully occur before domestication and organized communities is simply a lack of time to allow this expression to take place, a pre-domesticated human hunter gatherer didn't as a rule have much time left in the day to paint after spending up to something like 12hrs hunting

[5ikk]

That guy was wearing a Metallica shirt!

I'm not so sure that putting a fence around your garden is privatization. Well, maybe it is, but there's been some debate over cultivation.