Peter Lamborn Wilson
American political writer, poet, and essayist (1945–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Lamborn Wilson (October 20, 1945 – May 22, 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.[3] During the 1970s, Wilson lived in the Middle East and worked at the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy under the guidance of Iranian philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr, where he explored mysticism and translated Persian texts. Starting from the 1980s he wrote numerous political writings under the pen name of Hakim Bey, illustrating his theory of "ontological anarchy".
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Born | (1945-10-20)October 20, 1945 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | May 22, 2022(2022-05-22) (aged 76) Saugerties, New York, U.S. |
Resting place | Woodstock Artists Cemetery in Woodstock, New York |
Other names | Hakim Bey (pen name) |
Awards | Firecracker Alternative Book Award, 1996 (for Pirate Utopias)[1] |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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His style of anarchism has drawn criticism for its emphasis on individualism and mysticism, as did some of his writings about pederasty, which he later regretted.[4]