History of Ideas: Thoreau

<p>For the third episode in this series about the great political essays, David explores 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?</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 </a></p><br><p>Sign up to LRB Close Readings:</p><p>Directly in Apple: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/ppfsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.supportingcast.fm</a></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>

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