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Disobedience in Western Political Thought: A Genealogy - Softcover

Laudani, Raffaele

 
9781107606692: Disobedience in Western Political Thought: A Genealogy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107606691 ISBN 13: 9781107606692
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The global age is distinguished by disobedience, from the protests in Tiananmen Square to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the anti-G8 and anti-WTO demonstrations. In this book, Raffaele Laudani offers a systematic review of how disobedience has been conceptualised, supported, and criticised throughout history. Laudani documents the appearance of 'disobedience' in the political lexicon from ancient times to the present, and explains the word's manifestations, showing how its semantic wealth transcended its liberal interpretations in the 1960s and 1970s. Disobedience, Laudani finds, is not merely an alternative to revolution and rebellion, but a different way of conceiving radical politics, one based on withdrawal of consent and defection in relation to the established order.

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About the Author

Raffaele Laudani is a lecturer in the Department of History and Human Cultures at the University of Bologna.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107606691
ISBN 13 
9781107606692
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
182