In this episode, I'm joined by Ben Brower, a blacksmith and former activist in the anarcho-primitivist movement. In a fairly wide-ranging conversation, we go over:
- The cultural origins of anarcho-primitivism
- The disparate political and philosophical "sides" of anarcho-primitivism
- The academic-anthropological back-and-forth at the center of the anarcho-primitivist worldview
- What it was like being in the movement in the 90s
- Heidegger, Zerzan, Kaczynski, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rousseau, and other relevant thinkers
- Some of the challenges to Anarcho-Primitivism
- And a lot more
You can find Ben's work on Instagram @pitchblackforge, or his website at www.pitchblackforge.com.
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