{"product_id":"on-civil-disobedience-hannah-arendt","title":"On Civil Disobedience, Hannah Arendt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether for the first time, classic essays on how and when to disobey the government from two of the greatest thinkers in our literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Resistance to Civil Government” (1849), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/span\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\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e152 pages, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.81 x 0.4 x 7.49 inches, \u003c\/span\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46232512889057,"sku":"9781598537918","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/Screenshot2025-03-06at7.24.50PM.png?v=1741307097","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/on-civil-disobedience-hannah-arendt","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}