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"Hakim Bey" redirects here. This article concerns Peter Lamborn Wilson, a political writer affiliated with the Moorish Orthodox Church of America. The Moorish Orthodox Church of America is a syncretic Religious body espousing an ostensibly Eastern Christian liturgical and devotional tradition laid Another member of the Moorish Science Temple of America and author of the Journal of Moorish Paradigm is also named Hakim Bey. The Moorish Science Temple of America is a Religious organization founded in 1913 by Noble Drew Ali
Peter Lamborn Wilson
Peter Lamborn Wilson

Peter Lamborn Wilson (b. 1945) is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the TAZ The Temporary Autonomous Zone Ontological Anarchy Poetic Terrorism is a book by Anarchist writer Hakim Bey. Pirate utopias were described by essayist Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey in his 1995 book Pirate Utopias Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes, and in his Wilson also writes under the name Hakim Bey.

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Life and work

Wilson's early work is described in the translator's biography of one of his earliest works:

After studying at Columbia University, he did extensive traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited many Sufi shrines and masters. Tantra ( Sanskrit: तन्त्र; " Weave " denoting continuity) tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف In 1971 he undertook research on the Ni'matullahi funded by the Marsden Foundation of New York. The Nimatullahi order (also spelled "Nimatollahi" or "Nematollahi" is a Sufi Order or Tariqa originating in Iran [1]

This research was the basis of Wilson's book Kings of Love. The biography continues:

During 1974 and 1975 he was consultant in London and Tehran for the World of Islam Festival. In 1974 he became director of English language publications at the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy in Tehran under Seyyed Hossein Nasr, and he studied, worked with, and published books by Nasr, Toshihiko Izutsu, Henry Corbin and others. Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy (in Persian: انجمن شاهنشاهی فلسفه ایران was founded in Iran during the Pahlavi era by Seyyed Hossein TemplateInfobox Muslim scholars --> Seyyed Hossein Nasr ( Persian سید حسین نصر) an Iranian Toshihiko Izutsu (井筒俊彦 4 May 1914 &ndash 1 July 1993) was a university professor and author of many books on Islam and other Henry Corbin ( 14 April 1903 - October 7, 1978 was a Philosopher, Theologian and professor of Islamic Studies at He was editor of Sophia Perennis, the Journal of the IIAP.

Wilson left Iran during the Islamic Revolution. The Iranian Revolution' (mostly known as the Islamic Revolution, Persian: انقلاب اسلامی Enghelābe Eslāmi was the Revolution that transformed In the 1980s, his ideas evolved from a kind of Guénonist neo-traditionalism to a synthesis of anarchism and Situationist ideas with heterodox Sufism and Neopaganism, describing his ideas as "anarchist ontology" or "immediatism". René Guénon ( November 15 1886 – January 7 1951) was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the The Traditionalist School of thought also known as Integral Traditionalism (in the sense of Integralism) or Perennialism (in the sense of Perennial Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i The Situationist International ( SI) was a small group of international political and artistic Agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Neopaganism or Neo-Paganism is an Umbrella term used to identify a wide variety of modern religious movements particularly those influenced by historical In Philosophy, ontology (from the Greek, genitive: of being (part In the past he has worked with the not-for-profit publishing project Autonomedia, in Brooklyn, New York. Autonomedia is one of the main North American publishers of radical theoretical works especially in the Anarchist tradition

In addition to his writings on anarchism and Temporary Autonomous Zones, Wilson has written essays on such diverse topics as Tong traditions, the utopian Charles Fourier, the fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio, the connections between Sufism and ancient Celtic culture, sacred pederasty in the Sufi tradition, technology and Luddism, and Amanita muscaria use in ancient Ireland. TAZ The Temporary Autonomous Zone Ontological Anarchy Poetic Terrorism is a book by Anarchist writer Hakim Bey. François Marie Charles Fourier ( April 7, 1772 - October 10, 1837) was a French Utopian Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Gabriele d'Annunzio ( 12 March 1863 &ndash 1 March 1938) was an Italian Poet, Journalist, Novelist Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Pederasty or paederasty refers to an erotic relationship sexually expressed or not between an adolescent boy and an adult male outside his immediate family Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف The Luddites were a Social movement of British Textile artisans in the early Nineteenth century who protested&mdashoften by destroying mechanized Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita is a poisonous and Psychoactive Basidiomycete Fungus, Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world

Wilson's poetic texts and poems have appeared in: P. A. N. ; Panthology One, Two, and Three; Ganymede; Exquisite Corpse; NAMBLA Bulletin (a publication of the North American Man/Boy Love Association) and the various Acolyte Reader paperbacks. Andrei Codrescu (born Andrei Perlmutter on December 20, 1946) is a Romanian -born American Poet, Novelist, essayist The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA is a New York City and San Francisco -based unincorporated organization in the United States that Many of these poems, including the 'Sandburg' series, are collected in the as-yet unpublished DogStar volume. Currently his works can be found regularly in publications like Fifth Estate and the NYC-based First of the Month. Fifth Estate is any class or group in society other than the Clergy ( First Estate) the Nobility ( Second Estate) the Commoners (

He has also published at least one novel, The Chronicles of Qamar: Crowstone (a sword and sorcery boy-love tale).

Wilson, especially because of his TAZ work, has often been embraced by Rave culture. TAZ The Temporary Autonomous Zone Ontological Anarchy Poetic Terrorism is a book by Anarchist writer Hakim Bey. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Ravers have identified the experience and occasion of raves as part of the tradition of "Temporary Autonomous Zones" that Wilson outlines, particularly the "free party" or Teknival scene. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Teknivals (the word is a Portmanteau of the words tekno and festival) are large free parties which take place worldwide Wilson has been supportive of the rave connection, while remarking in an interview, "The ravers were among my biggest readers. . . I wish they would rethink all this techno stuff — they didn’t get that part of my writing. "[2]

Pseudonym

Wilson's pseudonym, Hakim Bey, is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man'-as well as any "decision-maker" or "ruler"- and a last name common in the Moorish Science Temple. The Moorish Science Temple of America is a Religious organization founded in 1913 by Noble Drew Ali Bey, originally a Turkic word for "chieftain," traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. In historical accounts, many Turkish, other Turkic and Persian leaders are titled bey, beg or beigh. They are all the same word with the simple meaning of "leader. " Also in Turkish, Hakim means judge and Bey is a generic word for a gentleman (mister) generally used after a name. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages.

Criticism

Wilson is a controversial figure within the anarchist milieu. Many social anarchists denounce his ideas as "lifestyle anarchism", seeing his ideas as a kind of extreme individualist anarchism that is ultimately apolitical. Social anarchism, socialist anarchism, anarcho-socialism, anarchist socialism or Communitarian anarchism,(sometimes used interchangeably with Lifestyle anarchism is a term derived from Murray Bookchin 's polemical essay " Social Anarchism Or Lifestyle Anarchism An Unbridgeable Chasm. Individualist anarchism refers to any of several traditions that hold that "individual conscience and the pursuit of self-interest should not be constrained by any collective Many atheist and materialist anarchists dislike the tendency toward mysticism, occultism, and irrationalism in his work. Atheism The Philosophy of materialism holds that the only thing that can be truly proven to exist is Matter, and is considered a form of Physicalism. Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" [3]

Books

References

  1. ^ Fakhruddin 'Iraqi: Divine Flashes, page viii. Fakhr al-dīn Ibrahīm ( June 10 1213 - 1289 known simply as Araqi or Iraqi was a Persian Philosopher and mystic of the Islamic William C Chittick is a leading translator and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts James Sydney Clark "Jim" Fleming, PC (born October 30 1939) is a former Canadian broadcaster and politician Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946 in Louisville Kentucky) is an American Computer scientist and Science fiction Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 &ndash January 11, 2007) was an American TAZ The Temporary Autonomous Zone Ontological Anarchy Poetic Terrorism is a book by Anarchist writer Hakim Bey. Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami ( 750 &ndash 810) known as Abū-Nuwās ( Arabic: ابونواس) was one of the greatest of classical Pirate utopias were described by essayist Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey in his 1995 book Pirate Utopias Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes, and in his TAZ The Temporary Autonomous Zone Ontological Anarchy Poetic Terrorism is a book by Anarchist writer Hakim Bey. Paulist Press, 1983.
  2. ^ An Anarchist in the Hudson Valley Brooklyn Rail, July 2004
  3. ^ 5. Mystical and Irrationalist Anarchism | libcom.org

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