Against His-Story, Against Leviathan: An Essay

Exemplary essay, a pity the author didn't follow through at the end with the state of the state of Israel or the Zionist Leviathan but then again, I have not read his many other works. Nevertheless, while I recommend a read of Abram Leon's "Jewish Question", this particular book makes the necessary corrections to the very outset of civilization itself, something Marxism incl Abram Leon's heart felt work - necessarily covers up. This book covers nothing up. In a phrase - "Fighting fire with Fire" = "Burning down the house". So much to question and from a very humane view point wonderfully written but again, I have not read other works by the same author so I cannot make any charge that he has not put any other way out or way forward in his other works.How confusing for the Israelites of the earliest times under the leadership of Moses - 'Thou Shalt not Kill' except for a massacre ordered on his own people and then against another 3 other tribes although probably slavers - makes one wonder whether religion is a paramount factor in the 'general' schizophrenia of many societies and this kind of reflection is needed at this time.I couldn't agree more with his assessment of communism and his knowledge and expose of Engels (Marx) "Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State".My only variation of opinion of the outset of his plausible beginnings of the accident we call 'civilization' is that it was not as he describes hypothetically - a slow accident with a slow contortion of human nature, rather, I recommend a review of cataclysmic and other earth-wide archaic traumas which would be more realistic in the 'throwing' of the lost original indigenous clan whose nature was perverted and mutated as a result of being thrown into a 'hostile' environment but the environment itself was not exactly hostile, but begins nature as other, but before this, this indigenous group was somewhere in the world at home in the nexus of their original place in nature, somewhere in the world.As against Abram Leons theories of the Israelites beginnings, I would say throw that out, because for certain the hebrews were like every other man on the planet = indigenous and at home somewhere - unfortunately captured by the first buggers to get lost and loose their minds (matter over mind) hence wherein the bible is accurate - they were taken without price (as were all slaves pretty much in the history, the short history - of the man of civilization).I would say its a crucial read.

An important book even many years after its release. Understanding our present world as a Leviathan and the history we've been force-fed as a patriarchal white-wash Perlman renames His-story is essential for setting the record straight and Perlman does that here. It is hard to follow at times because of the overwhelming detail undertaken but it needs to be understood as a different kind of narrative, one that attempts to eschew the linear trajectory of events and instead embraces a more holistic and cyclical understanding of how we got to this place at this time. An essential antidote to the nightmare of the consensus view of what we erroneously call "history."

This book is dangerous. In the end, I disagreed with, what I believe to be, the author's implication that it is desirable or even possible to revert back to a primitive anarchic society. One in which small tribes of less than 100 or so members govern themselves based on non-binding consensus. However, I gave 5 stars because of the unique viewpoint the author offers the reader regarding the course of history and the development of civilization (leviathan). I think this book contains a lot of truth that is typically not made available during academic history courses at least not in either elementary school or high school. The writing was very well done. Poetic in many places. Enjoyable to read.

If you're interested in anarchism but don't know where to start, this is your book. From here check out Elements of Refusal by Zerzan.After that, get over anarchism. It's never gonna happen. It's a nice idea but it's not realistic and when you see all of these "anarchists" like the Food Not Bombs kids and all the other 3rd wave feminist kids, you realize Fascism is better than being around a bunch of smelly morons who spout lame slogans and spend more time tattooing A's on their faces than they actually read any Anarchist theory.

While I can embrace the ideas being put forth, the writing itself is pretentious and meandering, something that makes the book a bit of a slog.

Swiftly, clearly and artfully describes the source of some of the deepest suffering the species has endured, and continues to endure.

Most suprising and intresting history book. It will show a whole new perspective. Loved it

Way too pretentious for my taste...Maybe you would like it, but I don't.