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On Civil Disobedience by Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau (2024, Trade Paperback)

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On Civil Disobedience by Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau (2024, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.

ISBN-101598537911

ISBN-139781598537918

eBay Product ID (ePID)14064605218

Product Key Features

Book TitleOn Civil Disobedience

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolitical, Civics & Citizenship, Essays

Publication Year2024

GenrePolitical Science, Philosophy

AuthorHannah Arendt, Henry David Thoreau

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight6.6 Oz

Item Length7.5 in

Item Width4.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Decimal323.119

SynopsisAs we grapple with how to respond to emerging threats against democracy, Library of America brings together for the first time two seminal essays about the duties of citizenship and the imperatives of conscience. In 'Resistance to Civil Government' (1849), Henry David Thoreau recounts the story of a night he spent in jail for refusing to pay poll taxes, which he believed supported the Mexican American War and the expansion of slavery. His larger aim was to articulate a view of individual conscience as a force in American politics. No writer has made a more persuasive case for obedience to a 'higher law.' In 'Civil Disobedience' (1970), Hannah Arendt offers a stern rebuttal to Thoreau. For Arendt, Thoreau stands in willful opposition to the public and collective spirit that defines civil disobedience. Only through positive collective action and the promises we make to each other in a civil society can meaningful change occur. This deluxe paperback features an introduction by Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College, who reflects on the tradition of civil disobedience and the future of American politics., More urgent than ever: as we grapple with how to respond to emerging threats against democracy, Library of America brings together two seminal essays about the duties of citizenship and the imperatives of conscience Together for the first time, classic essays on how and when to disobey the government from two of the greatest thinkers in our literature. In "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849), Henry David Thoreau recounts the story of a night he spent in jail for refusing to pay poll taxes, which he believed supported the Mexican American War and the expansion of slavery. His larger aim was to articulate a view of individual conscience as a force in American politics. No writer has made a more persuasive case for obedience to a "higher law." In "Civil Disobedience" (1970), Hannah Arendt offers a stern rebuttal to Thoreau. For Arendt, Thoreau stands in willful opposition to the public and collective spirit that defines civil disobedience. Only through positive collective action and the promises we make to each other in a civil society can meaningful change occur. This deluxe paperback features an introduction by Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College, who reflects on the tradition of civil disobedience and the future of American politics.