{"product_id":"on-civil-disobedience","title":"On Civil Disobedience","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether for the first time, classic essays on how and when to disobey the government from two of the greatest thinkers in our literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"Resistance to Civil Government\" (1849), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\" \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \"Civil Disobedience\" (1970), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Arendt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52489843638561,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/1011\/2545\/files\/IMG-0437.png?v=1774475040","url":"https:\/\/www.elmsidegoods.com\/products\/on-civil-disobedience","provider":"Elmside Goods ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}