Fredy Perlman
Paperback | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 4.2 | 332 Users | 42 Reviews
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| Title | : | Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! |
| Author | : | Fredy Perlman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2002 by Black & Red (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | History. Philosophy. Politics. Nonfiction. Anarchism |
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Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! is a 1983 book by Fredy Perlman, for which he is best known. It is a personal critical perspective on contemporary civilization and society. The work defined anarcho-primitivism for the first time, and was a major source of inspiration for anti-civilization perspectives in contemporary anarchism, most notably on the thought of philosopher John Zerzan. In 2006 the book was translated into French under the title Contre le Léviathan, contre sa légende and into Turkish as Er-Tarih’e Karşı, Leviathan’a Karşı.Mention Books As Against His-Story, Against Leviathan!
| Original Title: | Against His-Story, Against Leviathan |
| ISBN: | 0934868255 (ISBN13: 9780934868259) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.2 From 332 Users | 42 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books Against His-Story, Against Leviathan!
A very interesting take on everything you thought you knew about history.Unfortunate disappointment. Still has a few solid ideas mixed into the dross, but I had a few huge issues:1. A fetishization of purity and wholeness that never existed and cannot exist2. Maternal metaphors for nature that align neatly with #1 and that are often used in a patronizing and Romantic way.3. Central metaphors of Leviathan, etc., never really move beyond misty abstractions that make for engaging poetry here and there but don't succeed in making the point he wants to.Read Haraway, read
This is likely the only historical survey of western civilization that I'll ever read with genuine excitement and interest, and my most naive wish after reading it was that it could become a standard introductory text for students of world history.It goes without saying that Perlman's essay is not "objective". In other words, it is no candidate for perpetuating the business of progress, which is the unspoken agenda of "objectivity". This account of His-Story is openly disparaging of the He's
You arent going to convince people like Fukuyama with this ranty screed. Jumping to conclusions as a way to show how the enemies of freedom whatever that means are also jumping to conclusions doesnt impress me. Maybe in 1983 when this was written and we are on the brink of nuclear war because the greedheads were so ideological, maybe then but in the meantime I am sure there are better histories out there, more liberatory, more feminist, and definitely more accurate. I also have to say there
Dont be misled by the poetic and mythologizing tone with which Fredy Perlman renders his epic Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! This is an exhaustively researched book. It is also profoundly philosophical, asking questions and suggesting answers you wont find anywhere else. The fact that it is beautifully written in an accessible manner is highly appropriate to its message, as you will see below. The books style is very much the opposite of dry scientific writing. I think if readers have
i enjoyed this book, kind of. i think the imagery and style of writing, writing a stylized history in the vein of oral traditions, is an interesting idea. it is at times extremely laborious, but does include a blake lithograph at the beginning of each chapter, which at least proves good taste. if you arent already interested with this whole anti-civ argument, this probably is not the place to start. if you are, you may want to add it to your list.
Anybody who knows me knows that this is my favorite book of all time. Yes, it has pretty serious problems (gender essentialism, romanticism for prelapsarian cultures, etc), but if you're willing to set that aside for a moment, this is one of the most singular and visceral tales of the rise of civilization. The scathing criticisms of Marxism, science, anthropology, religion, militarism and his-story are somehow both nuanced and extremely lucid. Most people I know have struggled to get this book
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