What is Neo-Luddism?
'''Neo-Luddism''' or '''new Luddism''' is a movement of people who are against modern [[technology]].<ref name=jonesagainstechnology>{{cite book | last = Jones | first = Steve E. | title = Against technology: from the Luddites to neo-Luddism | publisher = CRC Press | year = 2006 | location = | pages = 20 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YwPP4pGRAwgC&dq=Neo-Luddism| isbn = 978-0-415-97868-2}}</ref> The word Luddite can be an offensive term to describe someone who is [[Technophobia|afraid of technology]]. The movement is named after the English [[Luddite]]s, who were active between 1811 and 1816. The Luddites were [[textile]] workers. They were against the new [[textile]] machinery. They believed that the machines would replace the workers over time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-were-the-luddites|title=Who were the Luddites? |newspaper=History.com|access-date=2016-12-12}}</ref> In response, the Luddites destroyed many of the textile machines. Neo-Luddites are concerned about the effect technology has on the [[environment]], [[people]], and/or [[community|communities]].<ref name=christensenencyclopedia>{{cite book | last = Christensen | first = Karen |author2=David Levinson | title = Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world, Volume 3 | publisher = SAGE | year = 2003 | location = | pages = 886 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t1geOjQ6R0MC&dq=Neo-Luddism| isbn = 978-0-7619-2598-9}}</ref> The neo-Luddite movement has connections with the [[Antiglobalization|anti-globalisation]] movement, [[anarcho-primitivism]], and [[environmentalism|radical environmentalism]].<ref name = Sale>Sale, Kirkpatrick, America’s new Luddites. URL=http://mondediplo.com/1997/02/20luddites</ref> == Related pages == *[[Anarcho-primitivism]] *[[Kirkpatrick Sale]] *[[John Zerzan]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Protests]]