WRITER

Fredy Perlman

1934 - 1985

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Fredy Perlman (1934–1985) was an American author, publisher, and activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredy Perlman has received more than 152,529 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Fredy Perlman is the 6,036th most popular writer (down from 5,515th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 658th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Reproduction of Daily Life
1969
The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism
Nationalism and communism, Nationalism and socialism, Nationalism
Examines how people resisting oppression and wishing for autonomy are misled, twisted, and turned into leaders and followers who oppress on the basis of abstract notions. The text ends with a question: “What concentration camp manager, national executioner or torturer is not a descendant of oppressed people?” (Source: [Black and Red Press](https://www.blackandred.org/catalog))
1985
Anything can happen
Socialism, Nationalism, Capitalism
126p. ; 22cm
1992
The machine against the garden
1992
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan!
Anarchism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Civilization
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.
1983
The incoherence of the intellectual
Social change
1970
The Strait
Fiction, historical, general, Indians of North America, Fiction
1988
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan!
Anarchism, Anarcho-Primitivism, Civilization
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.
1983
Reproduction of Daily Life
1969
Plunder
1962
The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism
Nationalism and communism, Nationalism and socialism, Nationalism
Examines how people resisting oppression and wishing for autonomy are misled, twisted, and turned into leaders and followers who oppress on the basis of abstract notions. The text ends with a question: “What concentration camp manager, national executioner or torturer is not a descendant of oppressed people?” (Source: [Black and Red Press](https://www.blackandred.org/catalog))
1985
Anything can happen
Socialism, Nationalism, Capitalism
126p. ; 22cm
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fredy Perlman ranks 6,036 out of 7,302. Before him are Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Anne Fine, Manuel Rojas, Scott Turow, Ľudmila Podjavorinská, and Sandro Veronesi. After him are René Benjamin, Danièle Sallenave, Ravindra Kelekar, Kenneth Rexroth, Izaak Walton, and Buchi Emecheta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Fredy Perlman ranks 486. Before him are Valentina Stenina, Gia Scala, Van Williams, Bud Luckey, Richard Shelby, and Paddy Driver. After him are Murli Manohar Joshi, Todor Diev, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Jagdish Bhagwati, Jackie Pretorius, and Bent Peder Rasch. Among people deceased in 1985, Fredy Perlman ranks 255. Before him are Carlos Mota Pinto, Alvah Bessie, Fernando Pereira, Pál Teleki, Alister Hardy, and Maurice Podoloff. After him are Isaac Kashdan, Phil Silvers, Erich Koschik, Gladys Egan, Dragomir Tošić, and Gabriel Elorde.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Fredy Perlman ranks 762 out of 1,200. Before him are Pavel Vrba (1963), Jan Berger (1955), Luboš Kubík (1964), Vít Jedlička (1983), Štefan Füle (1962), and Jan Lála (1938). After him are Jan Zahradil (1963), Petr Kouba (1969), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Václav Machek (1925), Franz Fühmann (1922), and Antonín Sova (1864).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Fredy Perlman ranks 80. Before him are Emil František Burian (1904), Petr Bezruč (1867), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), and Jaroslav Kvapil (1868). After him are Franz Fühmann (1922), Antonín Sova (1864), Marie Pujmanová (1893), Jáchym Topol (1962), Michal Šanda (1965), and Michal Viewegh (1962).

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