Against the State
Studies in Sedition and Rebellion
Janet Coleman(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-14-024816-6 (ISBN)
Description
By the author of "Political Thought from Plato to Nato", this text explores the political disobedience of individuals and groups across the centuries. From the involuntary matrydom of Socrates to the voluntary martyrdom of the Christians in the Roman Empire; from passive opposition to the State to the violent options of revolution, this book considers the many different approaches to sedition and rebellion. The book sets out to reveal the reasoning behind some of history's thinkers - Thomas More, Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx - and how some of the more notorious opponents of the State in the past achieve a hero's status in modern thinking.
More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
173 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-024816-6 (9780140248166)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Sedition in history; Socrates; martyrs; Utopians; of crowned heads and tyrants; revolutions; Marx; Freud; women; terrorists.