When We Are Human

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By John Zerzan

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When We Are Human by John Zerzan is a thought-provoking exploration into the nature of humanity and civilisation. The book delves into the complexities of human existence, challenging the constructs of modern society and seeking to uncover what it truly means to be human. Zerzan prompts readers to question the impact of technological advancements on human life and the inherent value of returning to simpler, more primal ways of living.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the intersections of philosophy and psychology, particularly those exploring the concepts of humanity and critical views on civilisation. It delves into thought-provoking discussions on what it truly means to be human, questioning modern societal norms and examining different facets of our existence. If you appreciate works that challenge conventional thinking and offer reflective insights into human nature, this book may appeal to you.

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.

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These are dark and darkening times, challenging us to look deeper to grasp the roots and dynamics of the looming civilizational crisis. Chronic illness of the planet calls for radically new thinking if there is to be any hope of renewal. When We Are Human offers thought at a necessary and primal level.

All previous civilizations have failed, and now there's just one global civilization, which is starkly, grandly failing. To deny or avoid this fact is to remain in the sphere of the superficial, the irrelevant. The physical environment is reaching the catastrophe stage as the seas warm, rise, acidify, and fill with plastics. Icebergs ahead and floating past beachgoers idly watching the planet die.

So much is failing, so much is interrelated in the technosphere of ever-greater dependence and estrangement. Social existence, now strangely isolated, is beset by mass shootings, rising suicide rates, slipping longevity, loneliness, anxiety, and the maddening stream of lies and concocted politics.

Zerzan trains his passionate focus on several fields of discourse: anthropology, history, philosophy, technology, psychology, and the spiritual. Points of light that become a kaleidoscope refracting new insights and contributing an overall picture of late civilization.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781627311120

Publisher: Feral House,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Feral House,U.S.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 152

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John Zerzan Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism

About the Author

John Zerzan (born August 10, 1943) 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 (such as mathematics and art) and the concept of time.