Contemporary society has been engulfed and determined by the immateriality of cyberspace. A new remote-control e-reality …
FE Author: John Zerzan
Where is Home?
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
Acknowledging the existence only of individuals and families, Margaret Thatcher declared, “There’s no such thing as …
Rewilding
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of Human Rewilding in the 21st Century: Why Anthropologists Fail by James M. Van …
Anarchy in Eugene
by Brenton Gicker, John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
The “Whiteaker” is Eugene, Oregon’s oldest and poorest neighborhood. Over the past few years some significant …
Zerzan Replies
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
Bob Brubaker’s defense of agriculture [this issue, FE #330, Winter, 1988-89] seems to have two main …
Agriculture: Essence of Civilization
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 329, Summer, 1988
Introduction Almost all John Zerzan essays feature accompanying introductions in which the word most frequently used …
The Case against Art
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986
Art is always about “something hidden.” But does it help us connect with that hidden something? …
Anarchy in the Age of Reagan
by Fifth Estate Collective, John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 322, Winter-Spring, 1986
Renew the Earthly Paradise Present Day Banalities The two essays printed here were written in response …
Death & the Zeitgeist
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
We are in mass society’s Age of Pandemics. At this stage of civilization nothing is stable …
Number
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Introduction In his article on the idea of number, John Zerzan completes what appears to …