A new anthology edited by the anarchist philosopher John Zerzan, Against Civilization: Readings and Reflections. The book is composed of excerpts from the works of a wide range of authors who've offered radical critiques of industrial society. Against Civilization is not all poetic rage; the various contributions include reasoned analyses of the inherent contradictions of industrial capitalism, celebrations of vernacular culture, and inspiring visions of worlds beyond systematic domination and exploitation. As Kirkpatrick Sale has said of the book, 'It is its collective refusal to say 'Here is civilization: just accept it' that makes this volume so important. Read it and you will never think of civilization in the same way again.Twist the popular Earth First! slogan from "Visualize Industrial Collapse" to "Actualize Industrial Collapse" and you have the gist of this anthology. To many it has seemed that John Zerzan has been alone in his attack on the totality of civilization. Now the reader can see a chronology: diversity and passion from hundreds of years of resistance against the nightmare we have inherited today. This book will introduce ecologists to anarchists and anarchists to ecologists; intellectuals to activist perspectives; and vice-versa. I think Chellis Glendinning's description in her Foreword is accurate when she says "Herein the reader will discover the questions that need to be asked and insights that beg to be nurtured if humankind and the natural world as we know it are to thrive in the future.Contents:Foreword: Chellis GlendinningIntroduction: John ZerzanPreface: Kevin Tucker, Unintended ConsequencesSECTION I: OUTSIDE CIVILIZATIONRoy Walker, The Golden FeastHoxie Neale Fairchild, The Noble Savage: A Study in Romantic NationalismJean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of InequalityHenry David Thoreau, ExcursionsFredy Perlman, Against History, Against Leviathan!Arnold DeVries, Primitive Man and His FoodMarshall Sahlins, The Original Affluent SocietyLynn Clive, Birds Combat CivilizationJohn Landau, Wildflowers: A Rouquer of ThesesTheodor Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged LifeMarvin Harris, Our KindRamona Wilson, Spokane MuseumSECTION II: THE COMING OF CIVILIZATIONGeorge P. Marsh, The Earth as Modified by Human ActionFrederick Turner, Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the WildernessJames Axtell, The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North AmericaJohn Zerzan, Elements of RefusalPaul Shepard, Nature and MadnessMark Nathan Cohen, Health and the Rise of CivilizationRobin Fox, The Search for SocietyChellis Glendinning, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western CivilizationPierre Clastres, Society Against the StateMadhusree Mukerjee, The Land of the Naked PeopleRobert Wolff, Reading and WritingSECTION III: THE NATURE OF CIVILIZATIONFriedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of ManCharles Fourier, Theory of Four Movements and General DestiniesSigmund Freud, Civilization and Its DiscontentsJohn Landau, Civilization and the PrimitiveMax Horkheimer, Eclipse of ReasonMax Horkheimer, Dawn and DeclineRichard Heinberg, Was Civilization a Mistake?Barbara Mor, Here: a Small History of a Mining Town in the American Southwest (Warren/Bisbee AZ)Ivan Illich, Toward a History of NeedsZygmum Bauman, Modernity and the HolocaustT. Fulano, Civilization Is Like a JetlinerUnabomber (AKA "FC"), Industrial Society and Its FutureTamarack Song, The Old Way and CivilizationUrsula K. LeGuin, Women/WildernessSECTION IV: THE PATHOLOGY OF CIVILIZATIONMax Nordau, Conventional Lies, or Our CivilizationWilliam H. Koetke, The Final Empire: The Collapse of Civilization and The Seed of the FutureJoseph A. Tainter, The Collapse of Complex SocietiesTheodore Roszak, Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Industrial SocietyAndrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social EvolutionPeter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical ReasonFredric Jameson, The Seeds of TimeLabor of Ludd, The Medium Is the MediumDes Refractaires, How Nice to Be CivilizedDavid Watson, Civilization in BulkRichard Heinberg, Memories and Visions of ParadiseChrystos, They're Always Telling Me I'm Too AngryOswald Spengler, Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of LifeJohn Mohawk, In Search of Noble AncestorsSECTION V: THE RESISTANCE TO CIVILIZATIONRudolf Bahro, Avoiding Social and Ecological Disaster: The Politics of World TransformationJohn Zerzan, Future PrimitiveWilliam Morris, News from NowhereFeral Faun, Feral RevolutionAnonymous, Don't Eat Your Revolution! Make It!Glenn Parton, The Machine in Our HeadsAlon K. Raab, Revolt of the BatsKirkpatrick Sale, Rebels Against the Future: Lessons from LudditesDerrick Jensen, Actions Speak Louder Than WordsAnti-Authoritarians Anonymous, We Have To Dismantle All ThisJohn (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes, Talking to the Owls and ButterfliesGroup of Anarcho-Futurists, Anarcho-Futurist ManifestoSusan Griffin, Womam and Nature: The Roaring Inside HerCommunique #23 from Disorderly Conduct #6, Why Civilization?