John Moore (25 December 1957 – 27 October 2002) was a British

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

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, and organiser. A member of the Anarchist Research Group in

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in the 1980s, he was one of the main theorists of the pro-Situ anarchism of the 1990s (most commonly associated with

Hakim Bey Peter Lamborn Wilson (October 20, 1945 – May 23, 2022) was an American anarchist author and poet, primarily known for his concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones, short-lived spaces which elude formal structures of control. During the 1970s, Wils ...

), and was attracted to

anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-primitivism is an anarchist critique of civilization (anti-civ) that advocates a return to non-civilized ways of life through deindustrialization, abolition of the division of labor or specialization, and abandonment of large-scale organ ...

in particular; his best-known work is the essay "A Primitivist Primer." Despite the heavy influence of theorist

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, Moore later turned to theorists of language and

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, such as

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Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

and

Max Stirner Johann Kaspar Schmidt (25 October 1806 – 26 June 1856), known professionally as Max Stirner, was a German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen a ...

. Moore died of a

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after collapsing on his way to work as a

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lecturer at the

University of Luton The University of Bedfordshire is a public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The University has roots from 1882, however, it gained university status in 1993 as the University of Luton. The Univers ...

(now the

University of Bedfordshire The University of Bedfordshire is a public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The University has roots from 1882, however, it gained university status in 1993 as the University of Luton. The Universi ...

Works

During his lifetime he published several short books: ''Anarchy and Ecstasy'', ''Lovebite'', and ''The Book of Levelling''. An anthology he was working on at the time of his death, ''I Am Not a Man, I Am Dynamite! Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition'', was completed by Spencer Sunshine and published posthumously by

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in 2004 ().

References

External links

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Moore's Nietzsche anthology ''I Am Not A Man, I Am Dynamite! Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition''

Moore's ''Book of Levelling''

by

John Filiss John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

1957 births 2002 deaths Academics of the University of Bedfordshire Anarchist writers Anarcho-primitivists British anarchists British educators British male non-fiction writers Green anarchists {{anarchist-stub