Civil Disobedience

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"Civil Disobedience" is an influential 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should nonviolently resist unjust government laws and actions based on moral conscience.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
political philosophy work ⓘ
advocates nonviolent resistance to unjust government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs On the Duty of Civil Disobedience ⓘ
linked to: Civil Disobedience
argues individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences ⓘ
people have a duty to avoid enabling injustice through obedience ⓘ
author Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes Mexican–American War ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Aesthetic Papers ⓘ
linked to: Aestheticism
form prose ⓘ
genre political essay ⓘ
transcendentalist literature ⓘ
hasMottoOrKeyQuote That government is best which governs least ⓘ
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison ⓘ
historicalContext written after Thoreau's 1846 night in jail ⓘ
impact foundational text on civil disobedience ⓘ
widely studied in political philosophy ⓘ
widely taught in American literature courses ⓘ
includedIn various collections of Thoreau's works ⓘ
influenced Indian independence movement ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
nonviolent resistance theory ⓘ
inspiredBy Thoreau's imprisonment for refusal to pay poll tax ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length short essay ⓘ
mainSubject civil disobedience ⓘ
individual conscience ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
relationship between individual and state ⓘ
unjust laws ⓘ
originalTitle Resistance to Civil Government ⓘ
philosophicalMovement Transcendentalism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme legitimacy of political authority ⓘ
moral responsibility of the individual ⓘ
resistance to injustice ⓘ
positionOnGovernment advocates limited government ⓘ
positionOnLaw moral law is higher than civil law ⓘ
positionOnTaxation supports refusal to pay taxes that support injustice ⓘ
publicationYear 1849 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Elizabeth Peabody ⓘ
settingDiscussed United States government in the mid-19th century ⓘ
targetAudience general literate public ⓘ

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Civil Disobedience → alsoKnownAs → On the Duty of Civil Disobedience ⓘ
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Transcendentalism → associatedWork → Civil Disobedience ⓘ
Concord, Massachusetts → hasWorkAssociated → Civil Disobedience (essay by Henry David Thoreau) ⓘ
subject linked to: Concord
linked to: Civil Disobedience