Primitivism is the pursuit of ways of life running counter to the development of technology, its alienating antecedents, and the ensemble of changes wrought by both. This site is an exploration into primitivist theory, as well as various works that contribute to an understanding of the tendency. The Elephant and the Acacia. Bert Holldobler, et al. In Search of the Primitive. Emily Schultz, et al. The Consequences of Domestication and Sedentism.

Then simply jump back 10 entries. Oh great and silent earth,. Can you tell me what became of. The cedars of lebanon,. The vast emerald forests that held all of europe. With children laughing at their feet? Oh great and silent earth. What bolt of lightning split my ancestors. From their good sense,. Drove them to fear the seasons. And guard against them, anxiously,.

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Primitivism is less an aesthetic movement than a sensibility or cultural attitude that has. The example of Paul Gauguin.