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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 549,844 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Zerzan is the 2,488th most popular writer (up from 3,149th in 2019), the 3,229th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,109th in 2019) and the 285th most popular American Writer.

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  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Zerzan ranks 2,488 out of 5,755. Before him are Ignacy Krasicki, Ariwara no Narihira, Cyprian Norwid, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Petrus Comestor, and André Frossard. After him are Juan de Valdés, Posidippus, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Jonas Jonasson, Emma Jung, and William Peter Blatty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Zerzan ranks 211. Before him are Edward L. G. Bowell, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Charles Savarin, Georgi Asparuhov, Terry Eagleton, and Tim Hunt. After him are Sylvester McCoy, Tom Holland, Alan Wilson, Michael Byrne, Carmen Argenziano, and Nicolae Văcăroiu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Zerzan ranks 3,229 out of 18,182. Before him are James Forrestal (1892), William A. Wheeler (1819), Fred Brooks (1931), Abel Ferrara (1951), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), and Martin Ritt (1914). After him are Warner Baxter (1889), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), Del Shannon (1934), Horace Silver (1928), and Warren Weaver (1894).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Zerzan ranks 285. Before him are Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), John Barth (1930), Neil Simon (1927), Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), and Richard Wright (1908). After him are William Peter Blatty (1928), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Larry Niven (1938), Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), and Stephenie Meyer (1973).

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