Primitivism

For the distinction between "hard" and "soft" primitivism see A. O, Lovejoy and G. Boas, Primitivism and Related Ideas in Antiquity, Baltimore, I, 1935.

Hobbes' hard primitivism may have been as venerable as the tradition of soft primitivism, but his use of it was new.

Waging a war is a throwback to primitivism and a stark reminder of our troglodyte past.

A more radical form of environmental pessimism is anarcho-primitivism which faults the agricultural revolution with giving rise to social stratification, coercion, and alienation.

His articles were frequently accompanied by long critiques by George Bradford (née David Watson ) or Bob Brubaker, who developed different versions of primitivism.

Meanwhile, in France, where those who criticized government or Church authority could be imprisoned without trial or hope of appeal, primitivism was used primarily as a way to protest the repressive rule of Louis XIV and XV, while avoiding censorship.

Neither Picasso 's fascination with African sculpture nor Mondrian 's reduction of painting to its most elementary component—the line—is comprehensible outside this concern with primitivism Adorno shared with the century's most radical art.

One view, termed "soft" primitivism in an illuminating book by Lovejoy and Boas, conceives of primitive life as a golden age of plenty, innocence, and happiness -- in other words, as civilized life purged of its vices.

The current editorial collective has moved away from primitivism, does not endorse a specific political line and welcomes voices from disparate strains of anti-authoritarian thought.

The overall impression is that of a knowing primitivism, as serious as it is playful, and never less than refreshing.