Civil Disobedience

by William E. Scheuerman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509518622
• ISBN13: 9781509518623
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7