A well annotated version of the essay and of Thoreau’s other writings. Plus, an essay (biographically) locating “Civil Disobedience” in the context of his life and another examining its theory, practice and (tremendous) influence- here.
The key idea is to not think of it as an isolated piece of political writing by a loner Christian transcendentalist, a number of organizations and individuals were actively seeking ways to protest at this time. Who were these people? Find out yourself.
ND suggests comparing Thoreau’s account of jail with Gandhi’s- there’s a Gandhi reader in the DL.
Hannah Arendt’s Reflections on Violence borrows its name from and is a critique of Georges Sorel’s essay by the same name- full text here. Another writer she critiques extensively in Frantz Fanon. Her essay was written in the sixties so maybe we’ll discuss it further when we speak extensively about that time. Here is an essay critiquing her separation of power and violence ( I haven’t read it). The DL has a copy of Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition, have fun.
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