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Expressions of dissent may take forms from vocal disagreement to civil disobedience to the use of violence. [1] In some political systems , dissent may be formally expressed by way of opposition politics , while politically repressive regimes may prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the encouragement of social or ...
As it was incomplete, I had coined the word satyagraha for the Gujarati readers. When I saw the title of Thoreau’s great essay, I began the use of his phrase to explain our struggle to the English readers. But I found that even civil disobedience failed to convey the full meaning of the struggle. I therefore adopted the phrase civil resistance.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau Civil Disobedience First page of "Resistance to Civil Government" as published in Aesthetic Papers, in 1849. Author Henry David Thoreau Language English Publication place United States Media type Print Text Civil Disobedience at Wikisource This article ...
Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay "Civil Disobedience" , originally titled "Resistance to Civil Government", can be considered an antimilitarist point of view. His refusal to pay taxes is justified as an act of protest against slavery and against the Mexican–American War, in accordance with the practice of civil disobedience.
Berel Lang argues against the conflation of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience on the grounds that the necessary conditions for an act instancing civil disobedience are: (1) that the act violates the law, (2) that the act is performed intentionally, and (3) that the actor anticipates and willingly accepts punitive measures made on the ...
Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power, usually without resorting to physical violence. Civil disobedience may also refer to: Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), an essay by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849
According to a 2021 typology, military disobedience can take four forms: "defiance, refinement, grudging obedience, and exit." [ 7 ] A 2019 study argued that military disobedience may arise when a tension is created in the social networks of a soldier, which gives the soldier motivations and justifications to disobey orders.
Civil disobedience, the active, professed refusal of a citizen to comply with certain laws, ... Nonconformity (Nelson Algren book), a 1950s essay published in 1996