Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience)

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"Resistance to Civil Government" (commonly known as "Civil Disobedience") is an 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences and have a duty to resist unjust laws.

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Label Occurrences
Civil Disobedience 1
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience 1
Resistance to Civil Government 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
political philosophy work ⓘ
advocates nonviolent resistance ⓘ
refusal to pay taxes supporting injustice ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) ⓘ
surface form: Civil Disobedience

Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) ⓘ
surface form: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
author Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
centralClaim Individuals have a duty to resist unjust laws ⓘ
Individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes Mexican–American War ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1849 in Aesthetic Papers ⓘ
genre political essay ⓘ
transcendentalist literature ⓘ
hasAuthorResidenceContext Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasKeyConcept conscientious objection ⓘ
higher law ⓘ
passive resistance ⓘ
hasMethodOfResistance refusal to cooperate with unjust government actions ⓘ
tax resistance ⓘ
hasMoralStance opposition to complicity in injustice ⓘ
historicalContext Mexican–American War era ⓘ
U.S. slavery debate ⓘ
influenced Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
nonviolent resistance movements ⓘ
influencedBy American abolitionism ⓘ
Christian ethics ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject civil disobedience ⓘ
individual conscience ⓘ
political obligation ⓘ
resistance to unjust laws ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium Aesthetic Papers ⓘ
originalPublicationType magazine ⓘ
partOf American political thought canon ⓘ
philosophicalTheme limits of state authority ⓘ
moral responsibility of the individual ⓘ
relationship between law and justice ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Transcendentalism ⓘ
publicationYear 1849 ⓘ
relatedWork Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form: Walden
setting 19th-century United States ⓘ
title Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) self-link ⓘ
surface form: Resistance to Civil Government

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Concord, Massachusetts → associatedWork → Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) ⓘ
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) → title → Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Resistance to Civil Government
this entity surface form: Resistance to Civil Government
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) → alsoKnownAs → Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) ⓘ
subject surface form: Resistance to Civil Government
this entity surface form: Civil Disobedience
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) → alsoKnownAs → Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) ⓘ
subject surface form: Resistance to Civil Government
this entity surface form: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience