To perform an act of civil disobedience under present circumstances is an
exercise in uncommon sense. Yet, what is the significance, if any, of such action?
As civil disobedience becomes an accepted part of the political culture
what role do figures like Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. retain for global
citizens?
Further, what role might civil disobedience play in the politics of
representative democracies as traditional forms of political affiliation diminish and
power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics, conducted via party machines
has surrendered innovation and vision to the interests of global corporations, what are
the consequences for political life? In Civil Disobedience, Lawrence Quill proposes a
fundamental reappraisal of civil disobedience (and civil obedience) in order to address
these and other questions confronting citizens in late modernity.
LAWRENCE QUILL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Political Science at San José State University, USA. He is the author of Liberty after
Liberalism.
Table of Contents
What Civil Disobedience Is (And Is Not)
Obedience: Ancient and Modern
Appealing to Heaven
The Politics of Perception
Civil Disobedience, Alienation, Political Rupture
Disobedience: International or Cosmopolitan?
Conclusion
208 pages, Hardcover