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Lessons from Walden: Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy

Lessons from Walden: Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy

Taylor, Bob Pepperman

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0268107335
ISBN13: 9780268107338
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Mar 30 2020
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Original and passionate, Lessons from Walden presents a wide-ranging inquiry into the nature and implications in the works of Henry David Thoreau.

Henry David Thoreau's works are a backbone of American political philosophy, but how do his ideas translate into the tumultuous modern political landscape? Bob Pepperman Taylor closely examines Walden and Civil Disobedience, focusing on the philosophical questions Thoreau raises. He considers simplicity and the ethics of voluntary poverty, examines the role conscience plays in democratic policies, and the truth of what nature means, and what, if anything, we can learn from it today. By drawing on a wide range of perspectives--from historians, philosophers, and popular media--Taylor breathes new life into Thoreau's work and shows how it is still alive for us today. He allows all sides to have their say, even as he persistently steers the discussion back to a nuanced reading of Thoreau's actual position.

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