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Peter Lamborn Wilson (b. New York , 1945 ) is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, perhaps best known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of Pirate Utopia s. He sometimes writes under the name '''Hakim Bey'''. (The pseudonym may or may not have been a name-of-convenience used by other radical writers since the 1970 s, and is a combination of the Arabic word for 'wise man' and a last name common in the Moorish Science Temple . In Turkish, ''Hakim'' means 'judge' or 'judicator'. ''Bey'' is a generic word for a gentleman in Turkish generally used after a name). He spent two years in India , Pakistan and Afghanistan , and seven years in Iran (where he was affiliated with the Imperial Iranian Academy Of Philosophy ), leaving during the Islamic Revolution . In the 1980s, his ideas evolved from a kind of Guénonist Neo-tradionalism to a synthesis of Anarchism and Situationist ideas with heterodox Sufism and Neopaganism , describing his ideas as "anarchist Ontology " or "immediatism". In the past he has worked with the not-for-profit publishing project Autonomedia , in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to his writings on anarchism and Temporary Autonomous Zone s, 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 Celt ic culture, sacred Pederasty in the Sufi tradition, technology and Luddism , and Amanita Muscaria use in ancient Ireland . Bey's poetic 'texts' and poems have appeared in: ''P.A.N.; Panthology'' One, Two, and Three; ''Ganymede''; '' Exquisite Corpse ''; '' NAMBLA Bulletin''; the various ''Acolyte Reader'' paperbacks. Many of these poems, including the 'Sandburg' series, are collected in the as-yet unpublished ''DogStar'' volume.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''. Bey's translations include a volume of the poems of Abu Nuwas , ''O Tribe That Loves Boys''. He has also published at least one novel, ''The Chronicles of Qamar: Crowstone (a sword and sorcery boy-love tale)'' (Coltsfoot Press, 1983). 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 . Many Atheist and Materialist anarchists dislike the tendency toward Mysticism , Occultism , and Irrationalism in his work. He is also reviled by some anarchists for his defense of Spiritual Pederasty . WRITINGS
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