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Civil Disobedience

Scheuerman, William E.

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1. Edition January 2018
216 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-5095-1863-0
John Wiley & Sons

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What is civil disobedience? Although Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King helped to bring the idea to prominence, even today it remains unclear how we should best understand civil disobedience. Why have so many different activists and intellectuals embraced it, and to what ends? Is civil disobedience still politically relevant in today's hyper-connected world? Does it make sense, for example, to describe Edward Snowden's actions, or those of recent global movements like Occupy, as falling under this rubric? If so, how must it adapt to respond to the challenges of digitalization and globalization and the rise of populist authoritarianism in the West?

In this elegantly written introductory text, William E. Scheuerman systematically analyzes the most important interpretations of civil disobedience. Drawing out the striking differences separating religious, liberal, radical democratic, and anarchist views, he nonetheless shows that core commonalities remain. Against those who water down the idea of civil disobedience or view it as obsolescent, Scheuerman successfully salvages its central elements. The concept of civil disobedience, he argues, remains a pivotal tool for anyone hoping to bring about political and social change.

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What is civil disobedience? Although Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King helped to bring the idea to prominence, even today it remains unclear how we should best understand civil disobedience. Why have so many different activists and intellectuals embraced it, and to what ends? Is civil disobedience still politically relevant in today's hyper-connected world? Does it make sense, for example, to describe Edward Snowden's actions, or those of recent global movements like Occupy, as falling under this rubric? If so, how must it adapt to respond to the challenges of digitalization and globalization and the rise of populist authoritarianism in the West?

In this elegantly written introductory text, William E. Scheuerman systematically analyzes the most important interpretations of civil disobedience. Drawing out the striking differences separating religious, liberal, radical democratic, and anarchist views, he nonetheless shows that core commonalities remain. Against those who water down the idea of civil disobedience or view it as obsolescent, Scheuerman successfully salvages its central elements. The concept of civil disobedience, he argues, remains a pivotal tool for anyone hoping to bring about political and social change.

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Chapter One: Divine Witness
* Chapter Two: Liberalism and Its Limits
* Chapter Three: Deepening Democracy
* Chapter Four: Anarchist Uprising
* Chapter Five: Postnationalization and Privatization
* Chapter Six: Digitalization
* Chapter Seven: Tilting at Windmills?
* Conclusion
* Endnotes
* References
* Index
"This is a timely, useful, and insightful book, which offers both an introduction to, but also a spirited defense of, civil disobedience and its central place in our political world. From Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to Black Lives Matter, the book lays out the arguments for and against various conceptions of civil disobedience in clear and elegant prose."
Simone Chambers, University of California, Irvine

"This timely and wide-ranging introduction is at once historically instructive, analytically clear and politically engaged. It will be of great use to large numbers of students and specialists in politics, law, and philosophy."
Robin Celikates, University of Amsterdam
William E. Scheuerman is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University.

W. E. Scheuerman, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, IN