Introduction...............................................................................................................................4Section One: Before Civilization..............................................................................................6
R
OY
W
ALKER
: T
HE
G
OLDEN
F
EAST
(1952) ................................................................................................7H
OXIE
N
EALE
F
AIRCHILD
: T
HE
N
OBLE
S
AVAGE
: A S
TUDY
IN
R
OMANTIC
N
ATURALISM
(1928).........................11J
EAN
-J
ACQUES
R
OUSSEAU
: D
ISCOURSE
ON
THE
O
RIGINS
OF
I
NEQUALITY
(1754)...............................................14H
ENRY
D
AVID
T
HOREAU
: “E
XCURSIONS
” (1863) .......................................................................................17F
REDY
P
ERLMAN
: A
GAINST
H
IS
-
STORY
, A
GAINST
L
EVIATHAN
! (1983)...........................................................18A
RNOLD
D
E
V
RIES
: P
RIMITIVE
M
AN
AND
H
IS
F
OOD
(1952)..........................................................................20M
ARSHALL
S
AHLINS
: “T
HE
O
RIGINAL
A
FFLUENT
S
OCIETY
” (1968)...............................................................22L
YNN
C
LIVE
: “B
IRDS
C
OMBAT
C
IVILIZATION
” (1985).................................................................................25J
OHN
L
ANDAU
: “W
ILDFLOWERS
: A B
OUQUET
OF
T
HESES
” (1998)................................................................26T
HEODOR
A
DORNO
: M
INIMA
M
ORALIA
: R
EFLECTIONS
FROM
D
AMAGED
L
IFE
(1947)........................................28
Section Two: The Coming of Civilization.............................................................................29
G
EORGE
P. M
ARSH
: T
HE
E
ARTH
AS
M
ODIFIED
BY
H
UMAN
A
CTION
(1907)....................................................30F
REDERICK
T
URNER
: B
EYOND
G
EOGRAPHY
: T
HE
W
ESTERN
S
PIRIT
A
GAINST
THE
W
ILDERNESS
(1980)..............33J
AMES
A
XTELL
: T
HE
I
NVASION
W
ITHIN
: T
HE
C
ONTEST
OF
C
ULTURES
IN
C
OLONIAL
N
ORTH
A
MERICA
(1985).....37J
OHN
Z
ERZAN
: E
LEMENTS
OF
R
EFUSAL
(1988)............................................................................................39P
AUL
S
HEPARD
: N
ATURE
AND
M
ADNESS
(1982).........................................................................................42M
ARK
N
ATHAN
C
OHEN
: H
EALTH
AND
THE
R
ISE
OF
C
IVILIZATION
(1989).......................................................46R
OBIN
F
OX
: T
HE
S
EARCH
FOR
S
OCIETY
(1989)..........................................................................................51C
HELLIS
G
LENDINNING
: M
Y
N
AME
IS
C
HELLIS
AND
I’
M
IN
R
ECOVERY
FROM
W
ESTERN
C
IVILIZATION
(1994)......52
Section Three: The Nature of Civilization.............................................................................54
F
RIEDRICH
S
CHILLER
: O
N
THE
A
ESTHETIC
E
DUCATION
OF
M
AN
(1793)..........................................................55C
HARLES
F
OURIER
: T
HEORY
OF
F
OUR
M
OVEMENTS
AND
G
ENERAL
D
ESTINIES
(1846) .....................................56S
IGMUND
F
REUD
: C
IVILIZATION
AND
I
TS
D
ISCONTENTS
(1930)......................................................................57J
OHN
L
ANDAU
: “C
IVILIZATION
AND
THE
P
RIMITIVE
” (1995)..........................................................................58M
AX
H
ORKHEIMER
: E
CLIPSE
OF
R
EASON
(1947) ........................................................................................59M
AX
H
ORKHEIMER
: D
AWN
AND
D
ECLINE
(1961) .......................................................................................61R
ICHARD
H
EINBERG
: “W
AS
C
IVILIZATION
A
M
ISTAKE
?” (1997)...................................................................62B
ARBARA
M
OR
: H
ERE
:
A
SMALL
HISTORY
OF
A
MINING
TOWN
IN
THE
AMERICAN
SOUTHWEST
:
WARREN
BISBEE
AZ
(1985)...................................................................................................................................................67I
VAN
I
LLICH
: T
OWARD
A
H
ISTORY
OF
N
EEDS
(1978)...................................................................................70Z
YGMUNT
B
AUMAN
: M
ODERNITY
AND
THE
H
OLOCAUST
(1989)....................................................................72T. F
ULANO
: “C
IVILIZATION
I
S
L
IKE
A
J
ETLINER
” (1983)..............................................................................75U
NABOMBER
(
A
.
K
.
A
. “FC”): “I
NDUSTRIAL
S
OCIETY
AND
I
TS
F
UTURE
” (1995)...............................................77
Section Four: The Pathology of Civilization.........................................................................78
M
AX
N
ORDAU
: C
ONVENTIONAL
L
IES
,
OR
O
UR
C
IVILIZATION
(1895)..............................................................79W
ILLIAM
H. K
OETKE
: T
HE
F
INAL
E
MPIRE
: T
HE
C
OLLAPSE
OF
C
IVILIZATION
AND
T
HE
S
EED
OF
THE
F
UTURE
(1993)...................................................................................................................................................80J
OSEPH
A. T
AINTER
: T
HE
C
OLLAPSE
OF
C
OMPLEX
S
OCIETIES
(1988).............................................................84T
HEODORE
R
OSZAK
: W
HERE
THE
W
ASTELAND
E
NDS
: P
OLITICS
AND
T
RANSCENDENCE
IN
P
OSTINDUSTRIAL
S
OCIETY
(1972)...................................................................................................................................................87A
NDREW
B
ARD
S
CHMOOKLER
: T
HE
P
ARABLE
OF
THE
T
RIBES
: T
HE
P
ROBLEM
OF
P
OWER
IN
S
OCIAL
E
VOLUTION
(1995)...................................................................................................................................................90P
ETER
S
LOTERDIJK
: C
RITIQUE
OF
C
YNICAL
R
EASON
(1987)..........................................................................92F
REDRIC
J
AMESON
: T
HE
S
EEDS
OF
T
IME
(1994)..........................................................................................94
LABOR
OF
LUDD
: “T
HE
M
EDIUM
I
S
THE
M
EDIUM
” (1998)............................................................................96D
ES
R
ÉFRACTAIRES
: “H
OW
N
ICE
TO
B
E
C
IVILIZED
!” (1993)........................................................................97D
AVID
W
ATSON
: “C
IVILIZATION
IN
B
ULK
” (1991) .....................................................................................99R
ICHARD
H
EINBERG
: M
EMORIES
AND
V
ISIONS
OF
P
ARADISE
(1995).............................................................104
Section Five: The Resistance to Civilization......................................................................105
R
UDOLF
B
AHRO
: A
VOIDING
S
OCIAL
AND
E
COLOGICAL
D
ISASTER
: T
HE
P
OLITICS
OF
W
ORLD
T
RANSFORMATION
(1994).................................................................................................................................................106J
OHN
Z
ERZAN
: F
UTURE
P
RIMITIVE
(1994) ...............................................................................................109W
ILLIAM
M
ORRIS
: N
EWS
FROM
N
OWHERE
(1995) ....................................................................................1102
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