Hakim Bey Livres

This Book Contains the Full Text of Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism, the Complete Communiques and Flyers of the Association for Ontological Anarchy, the Long Essay "The Temporary Autonomous Zone," and a New Preface by the Author. Book jacket

The guidebook to a free-form utopia. Through examples from history, philosophy, short essays, and poetic historical analysis, Bey suggests the best way to create a non-hierarchical society. Namely, by living in the present and releasing the mind from the controlling influences that surround us.

This "spiritual archaeology" of pot history, science, folklore, cuisine and belles lettres assembles the archive of the Western encounter with the "altered" indiginous Other, from North America to India and elsewhere. Includes one of the most comprehensive bibliographies of marijuana literature ever assembled for the general reader.

In an interview and four additional essays, Hakim Bey explores how the blind panopticon of Capital remains most vulnerable in the realm of ‘magic’—the manipulation of images to control events, hermetic “action at a distance.”

Six previously uncollected essays in alternative history -- maybe even "lost/found" history -- from the author of Sacred Drift, Pirate Utopias, Heresies, riverpeople, Escape from the 19th Century, and many more. "The American Revolution As A Gigantic Real Estate Scam" establishes the acutely "revisionist" mood; -- another essay touching on early American history, "Toland, Blake and the American Druids," follows. Then, a pair of essays on the scandal of eugenics in America -- "Jukes in Utopia," about a family oppressed by Eugenicists in upstate New York, and "The Monkey Trial: A Revisionist Interpretation." Finally, two essays on anarchist themes: "The Coffeehouse Republic," on Gustav Landauer and the Munich Soviet of 1919, and "Brand: An Italian Anarchist and His Dream," on Enrico Arrigoni, "the last of the Italian left-wing Stirnerite individualists" and his amazing insurrectionism and illegalism.

UTOPIAN TRACE is a recently discovered "Radio Sermonette" by Peter Lamborn Wilson, read on WBAI-FM in NYC in 1991. It traces the utopian influences on Frederick Law Olmsted's conception and design of NYC's iconic Central Park. It has been beautifully illustrated in color with period and contemporary images.

The New Nihilism is a group of 13 essays by anarchist author Peter Lamborn Wilson that discusses anarchy, medicine, crime, ecological sustainability, consciousness, modernity & Celtic revival.

The book features a collection of inventive fictions that mimic various documents, drawing on literary and cultural contexts. It serves as a profound exploration of creation and dissolution in a world where meaning often gets obscured. Known for his anarchist philosophy, the author employs humor and insight to reveal the deeper truths of history from an unconventional perspective, showcasing his unique ability to illuminate complex ideas with poignant care.