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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464621903321

Autore

Thoreau Henry David <1817-1862.>

Titolo

Civil Disobedience [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waiheke Island, : The Floating Press, 2008

ISBN

1-77556-405-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/1

818

818.309

818/.309

Soggetti

Civil disobedience

Solitude

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Violence in society

Violence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war. He believed that people could not be made agents of injustice if they were governed by their own consciences.