n nThe American anarchist, primitivist philosopher, and author John Zerzan critiques agriculture-based civilization as inherently oppressive and advocates drawing upon the life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what free society should look like. Subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought, and the concept of time.n nThis book includes sixteen essays ranging from the beginning of civilization to today's general crisis. Zerzan provides a critical perspective about civilization.n nA People's History of Civilization includes chapters about: nPatriarchy nThe City and its Inmates nWar Enters the Picture nThe Bronze Age nThe Axial Age nThe Crisis of Late Antiquity nRevolt and Heresy nModernity Takes Charge nWho Killed Ned Ludd nCultural Luddism nIndustrialism and Resistance nDecadence nWWI nCivilization's Pathological Endgamen nIn recent years, John Zerzan, co-editor of Black and Green Review, has successfully toured Europe to speak from his primitivist perspective regarding contemporary civilization.

Zerzan calls Eugene, Oregon home.n