One of my favorite writers is a man named John Zerzan. Aurthor of "running on emptyness" and "elements of refusal", zerzan is an anarcho-primitivist who spends most of his time shunning any for of society which he is exposed to. zerzan believes that in order to find true meaing in life, we must go back to the days of the hunter-gatherers. he calls this theory "future primitive". he goes on to state that all forms of civilization are due to the begining of farming, and that the perpetuation of our dependence of time is due to the church. zerzan's major flaw is that he is quite the idealist, but what do i care. i'm an idealist myself. I finished running on emptyness over a year ago and elements of refusal continues to catch my attention. i'm hoping i can finish it before i go to college.
About three months ago, i became exceedingly interested in psycadelic culture and the 1960s. from this, i read "Acid Dreams" and "The secret history of LSD". These are two truely insightful books which give a detailed history of LSD, the CIA, and the true drug war.
The Tao of Pooh, though it may sound childish, has turned out to be an excellent work. Comparing popular culture with ancient eastern philosophy has proved more topical than one may expect. I am currently concluding the companion novel to this book, entitled "The Tia Pe of Piglet"".
Emma Goldman was one of the first anarchist idealists within the united states and i am currently concentrating on an anthology of her writings.....about 800 pages worth. who would have thought anarchism could be so complicated?
I finally finished "capitalism russian style". a text book for one of the classes offered at pitt, this book examines exactly why russia failed to turn from communism to capitalism. the basic point behind the entire book is that no one really knew how to be a capitalist.
A short note: a good introduction to philosophical theory would be Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil". it was my first philosophical text and it has served me well.