John Zerzan, Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization (2002)
“
There's been a revolution in the fields of anthropology and archaeology over the past thirty years, and increasingly people are coming to understand that life before agriculture and domestication — of animals and ourselves — was in fact largely one of leisure, intimacy with nature, sensual wisdom, gender equality, and health.
— John Zerzan on Anarcho-primitivism
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There's been a revolution in the fields of anthropology and archaeology over the past thirty years, and increasingly people are coming to understand that life before agriculture and domestication — of animals and ourselves — was in fact largely one of leisure, intimacy with nature, sensual wisdom, gender equality, and health." in the context of "John Zerzan, Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization (2002)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anarcho-primitivism" (Quotes)
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Tags
About John Zerzan
John Zerzan (born in Salem, 10th August 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author.
About John Zerzan
John Zerzan (born in Salem, 10th August 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author.
View all quotes →