Editing Modern primitive (section)

== Origins ==
Roland Loomis, also known by his chosen name [[Fakir Musafar]], was one of the founders of the modern primitive movement.<ref>[http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5541 Gauntlet – decorating the Modern Primitive] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070520193215/http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5541 |date=2007-05-20 }}</ref> The 1989 [[RE/Search Publications|RE/Search]] book ''[[Modern Primitives (book)|Modern Primitives]]'' is considered as one of the first studies on of the concept of modern primitivism.

Modern primitives identify with a connection between what they see as "the primitive" and authenticity; "in opposition to the corruptions of mainstream society".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benson |first1=Susan|editor-first1=Caplan|editor-last1=Jane|editor-link=Jane Caplan|title=Written on the body: the tattoo in European and American history|article=Inscriptions of the self: reflections on tattooing and piercing in contemporary Euro-America|date=2000|publisher=Reaktion Books Ltd. |location=London: United Kingdom |isbn=978-0691057231 |pages=234–254 |edition=Jane Caplan }}</ref>

Modern primitives may have a loose set of beliefs about their way of life, including
* Modification of the body in order to sculpt their self-image.
* Activities which reject society at large. Exploring the self is a personal statement, which society rejects.
* Resisting what they see as colonialism, and identification with [[Anticolonialism|anti-colonial struggles]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rosenblatt |first1=David |title=The Antisocial Skin: Structure, Resistance, and 'Modern Primitive' Adornment in the United States. |journal=Cultural Anthropology |date=1997 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=287–334 |doi=10.4135/9781526440211 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/can.1997.12.3.287/abstract |access-date=16 June 2019|isbn=9781526440211 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>