Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 483 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813139155
,
0813124786
,
081317287X
,
9780813139159
,
9780813124780
,
9780813172873
Series Statement:
Political companions to great American authors
Content:
The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. Less attention has been paid, however, to the author's political philosophy and its influence on American public life. Although Thoreau's doctrine of civil disobedience has long since become a touchstone of world history, the greater part of his political legacy has been overlooked. With a resurgence of interest in recent years, A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau is the first volume focused exclusively on Thoreau's ethical and political thought. Jack Turner il
Content:
Thoreau's democratic individualism / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Thoreau's alternative economics: work, liberty, and democratic cultivation / Brian Walker -- Thoreau's critique of democracy / Leigh Kathryn Jenco -- Thoreau's American founding / Bob Pepperman Taylor -- Thoreau, prophecy, and politics / George Shulman -- Thoreau and John Brown / Jack Turner -- Thoreau and Lincoln / Harry V. Jaffa -- Thoreau's apolitical legacy for American environmentalism / William Chaloupka -- Thoreau on body and soul / Susan McWilliams -- Thoreau's religion / Christopher A. Dustin -- Thoreau's techniques of self / Jane Bennett -- Thoreau's solitude / Thomas L. Dumm -- Thoreau and Rousseau: nature as utopia / Melissa Lane -- Thoreau, Gandhi, and comparative political thought / Anthony J. Parel -- Thoreau, Adorno, and the critical potential of particularity / Shannon L. Mariotti -- Thoreau, Cavell, and the foundations of true political expression / Andrew Norris
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Print version Political companion to Henry David Thoreau Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009
Language:
English
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