Peter Lamborn Wilson

Peter Lamborn Wilson
Wilson, circa 1970s
Born(1945-10-20)October 20, 1945
DiedMay 22, 2022(2022-05-22) (aged 76)
Resting placeWoodstock Artists Cemetery in Woodstock, New York
Other namesHakim Bey (pen name)
AwardsFirecracker Alternative Book Award, 1996 (for Pirate Utopias)[2]
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
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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".

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]

  1. ^ Bey, Hakim (1991). "An esoteric interpretation of the I.W.W. preamble". The International Review: 2–3. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  2. ^ "Firecracker Alternative Book Awards". ReadersRead.com. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2009.
  3. ^ Marcus, Ezra (2020-07-01). "In the Autonomous Zones". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference memoriam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).