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La Désobéissance Civile (2000)

by Henry David Thoreau(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2916952039 (ISBN13: 9782916952031)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

review 1: Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" was a fun little read but not what I expected. This is a work I had heard inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Somehow I expected it to be a cogent essay on opposing government through nonviolent resistance when government is unjust, or something along those lines. Instead, Thoreau meanders around his topic with about the most in the way of practical application of the kind of civil disobedience he would like to share being an anecdote about how he, Thoreau himself, was put in jail for a short while for not having paid his taxes. I don't know how memorable this read will be for me (probably not very), but all right, it was enjoyable.
review 2: An interesting book and thought provoking for me on taxes and ... morethe obligation we have we paying for them. I don't think the argument is as simple today as it was then. Because of that though it does re-enforce why the government's ability to use force on its people to enforce its policies puts government in a unique position. It is a quick short read and gets you thinking about how we can influence change. less

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