Improper Behavior

by Elizabeth Janeway

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688048978
• ISBN13: 9780688048976
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

When Misbehavior Can Be Good for Society

I entitled this review with the sub-title of Elizabeth Janeway's brilliant book. This is a book that is long overdue for a reprint and perhaps an update. I read it in the 1980's and used it in the 1990's on more than one occasion, with the line, inspired by this book: "It used to be legal to oppress people of color and women--that did not make it right." The author, and the book, are central to any literature or discussion of the role of dissent in society, and the manner in which the public can ultimately triumph over any external authority including dictatorships and abusive corrupt regimes. See also: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central-Eastern Europe Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age There are so many other books that I have not read, I cannot help but feel that the 21st century will be marked by the restoration of the sovereignty of the individual and the re-assertion of the primal imperative that we create a prosperous world at peace--a sustainable green world in which diversity is appreciated for its catalytic role.