Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience

Like no other volume available, this Companion offers broad, interdisciplinary analyses of the theory and practice of civil disobedience, long a crucial type of protest politics. Including contributions from a politically and intellectually diverse range of experts, the volume demonstrates the continuing relevance of civil disobedience today.

List of contents

Introduction: Why, Once Again, Civil Disobedience? William E. Scheuerman; Part I. Plural Voices, Rival Frameworks: 1. The Domestication of Henry David Thoreau Russell L. Hanson; 2. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Politics of Disobedient Civility Erin Pineda; 3. Liberalism: John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin Alexander Kaufman; 4. Deliberative Democratic Disobedience Will Smith; 5. Radical Democratic Disobedience Robin Celikates; 6. Realist Disobedience Andrew Sabl; 7. Anarchism: Provincializing Civil Disobedience James Ingram; Part II. Different Elements, Competing Interpretations: 8. (In)civility Candice Delmas; 9. The Ethical Dimension of Civil Disobedience Maeve Cooke; 10. Nonviolence and the Coercive Turn Alexander Livingston; 11. Punishment and Civil Disobedience Christopher Bennett and Kimberley Brownlee; Part III. Changing Circumstances, Political Consequences: 12. Global Citizenship, Global Civil Disobedience and Political Vices Luis Cabrera; 13. Civil Disobedience by States? David Lefkowitz; 14. Coding Resistance: Digital Strategies of Civil Disobedience Theresa Züger; 15. Whistleblowing as Civil Disobedience William E. Scheuerman; 16. Consequences of Civil Disobedience Kurt Schock.

About the author

William E. Scheuerman is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

Summary

Like no other volume available, this Companion offers broad, interdisciplinary analyses of the theory and practice of civil disobedience, long a crucial type of protest politics. Including contributions from a politically and intellectually diverse range of experts, the volume demonstrates the continuing relevance of civil disobedience today.

Product details

• Authors: William E. (Indiana University) Scheuerman
• Assisted by: William E Scheuerman (Editor), William E. Scheuerman (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108478045
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47804-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship