PDF pamphlet of anarchist communist argument against primitivism

international | environment | link to pdf Wednesday April 05, 2006 21:52 by Andrew

A PDF pamphlet is now available of Andrew Flood's two published critiques of primitivism. You can now download, print out and distribute this pamphlet whose essays provoked some fury when first published.

Front cover

The two essays were first published as

Civilisation, Primitivism and anarchism
Over the last decade a generalized critique of civilization has been made by a number of authors. Some of these have chosen to identify as anarchists although the more general self-identification is primitivist. Their overall argument is that ‘civilisation’ itself is the problem that results in our failure to live rewarding lives. The struggle for change is thus a struggle against civilization and for an earth where technology has been eliminated. Facing this challenge anarchists need to look to see if primitivism offers any sort of realistic alternative to the world as it is.
Online at http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=1451 Spanish and Italisn translations also available there

Is primitivism realistic: an anarchist reply to John Zerzan and others
The article ‘Civilisation, Primitivism and Anarchism’ sketched out the glaring contradictions in primitivism and where it clashed with anarchism. The article has circulated on and off-line over the year and sparked numerous discussions. A number of primitivists, including John Zerzan, have replied directly to it, and others have published what appear to be indirect replies. Here I want to answer the direct replies and, in doing so, expand the critique of primitivism.
Online at http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=1890

What they said about these essays

"weak assault on "primitivism"" - John Zerzan, Anarchist News

"this article is just sectarian and bad .. it's flamebait. I was also offended by some of your arguments and felt that publishing that article would be counterproductive to the general goals of the Infoshop project" - Chuck0, infoshop.org

"who by now, doesn’t know that andrew flood is an idiot? .. try not to innundate this board with such obviously superceded nonsense as just about everything written by flood and his cretinous supporters.” - anonymous, Anarchist News

"I believe this piece to be complete garbage and why oh why is he provided an outlet to spew forth repugnant shit?" - Anonymous, Anarchist News

"criticism helps us to reflect on and refine our own understanding about what we think, i am glad there are critiques like this because when everyone agrees on something and there is no uncertainty it becomes dangerously stubborn and people become arrogant if there is no one questioning their judgement" - Sean, Green Anarchy Forums

Download the PDF file from http://struggle.ws/pdfs/andrew/primitivism.pdf