History of Ideas 3: Thoreau
<p>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.&nbsp;Thoreau wanted to resist slavery and unjust wars.&nbsp;How can one citizen turn the tide against majority opinion?&nbsp;Was Thoreau a visionary or a hypocrite?&nbsp;And what do his arguments say about environmental civil disobedience today?</p><p>Read Thoreau’s essay <a href="https://bit.ly/44oO144" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p>From the LRB:</p><p>Paul Laity on <a href="https://bit.ly/46LQ2J9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thoreau and self-sufficiency</a></p><p>Jeremy Harding on <a href="https://bit.ly/46HOjVh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">XR and civil disobedience&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Past Present Future · David Runciman
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Show Notes
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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