WRITER

John Zerzan

1943 - Today

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John Edward Zerzan ( ZUR-zən; born August 10, 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocates drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Zerzan has received more than 578,828 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Zerzan is the 2,764th most popular writer (down from 2,480th in 2019), the 3,521st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,221st in 2019) and the 304th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Trade Unionism or Socialism
Industrial relations, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts
1974
Questioning technology
Philosophy, Technology, General
1990
Elements of Refusal
Quality of life, Social aspects, Radicalism
1988
Against Civilization
Nonfiction, Politics
Anarchist Politics
1999
Aux sources de l'aliénation
1999
Twilight of the Machines
Nonfiction, Politics, Environmentalism
Anarchist Politics
2008

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Zerzan ranks 2,764 out of 7,302. Before him are Meir Shalev, Antal Szerb, Thomas Kyd, Petter Dass, Samuel Smiles, and Alice Schwarzer. After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Petr Chelčický, Rosario Castellanos, Abolqasem Lahouti, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Fumiko Enchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Zerzan ranks 248. Before him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Angelo Bagnasco, Andrea True, Giovanni Goria, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, and Tim Hunt. After him are Angelo Comastri, Herman Van Springel, Barry Manilow, Dušan Uhrin, Michael Byrne, and Walter Godefroot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Zerzan ranks 3,521 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Bannon (1953), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), James Forrestal (1892), Aaron Paul (1979), and Rufus Wainwright (1973). After him are Wayne Knight (1955), Pernell Roberts (1928), Maria Tallchief (1925), Louis Farrakhan (1933), Jim Simons (1938), and Walter Cronkite (1916).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Zerzan ranks 304. Before him are Henry Darger (1892), Eric Roth (1945), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), and Carl Bernstein (1944). After him are Varian Fry (1907), Larry Niven (1938), Carl Sandburg (1878), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), and William L. Shirer (1904).

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