When We Are Human : Notes from the Age of Pandemics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zerzan, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anarchism.

Civilization--Philosophy.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

When We Are Human

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Feral House, 2021.

Summary:

Crises are converging to form a meta-crisis that challenges the very existence of modern civilization. From prehistory to contemporary struggles and covering the fields of philosophy, technology, and psychology--Zerzan's original essays serve readers a view of possible renewal on every level.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Pre-History

1a. News from Prehistory: An Update

1b. When We Were Human

1c. Human Nature

1d. Fire

1e. Ritual

1f. Gone to Croatan

2. History

2a. Weaving

2b. Enclosed

2c. Modernity Takes Over

2d. Divided Life

2e. Twilight of the Evening Lands: The Case of Oswald Spengler

2f. Decadence and the Machine

2g. Concluding Anti-History Postscript

2h. Done In From Within: An Intemperate Review

2i. A Note on Freedom

2j. Actual Nihilism: The SF Bay Area in the ’70s

2k. Also a Spiritual Movement

2l. Death and the Zeitgeist

2m. Racism and the Symbolic

3. Techno-Madness

3a. Faster! The Age of Acceleration

3b. Not So Close Encounters: Distanced in the Age of Autism Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781627311168

1627311165

OCLC:

1264390297