12.27.2023 - By David Runciman
Episode three in our series about the great political essays is about Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’ (1849), a ringing call to resistance against democratic idiocy. Thoreau wanted to resist slavery and unjust wars. How can one citizen turn the tide against majority opinion? Was Thoreau a visionary or a hypocrite? And what do his arguments say about environmental civil disobedience today? Read Thoreau’s essay here
From the LRB: Paul Laity on Thoreau and self-sufficiency Jeremy Harding on XR and civil disobedience
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