"Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. ... As many people may see it, an analysis of the probability of civil disobedience must take into consideration not only the dissident's certain action and its likely outcome, but also their inspiration for partaking in this act of civil disobedience. ... Another condition for civil disobedience to be legitimized, according to Rawls, is that disobedience coordinate with different minorities. ... The damages typically related to civil disobedience are as per the following. First, civil disobedienc...

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Civil Disobedience In Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience", he exhorts the need to prioritize social consciousness over the unquestioning allegiance to government policy. In essence, "Civil Disobedience" could arguably be touted as the quintessential rallying cry for the pioneers of a new social conscious movement. ... A critical look at Thoreau's, Civil Disobedience initially reveals the authors effective mixture of poetry and social commentary. ... Aside from style and tone, further analysis of the essay reveals the main purpose of the essay. ... "Civil Disobedience" is su...

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A Comparison Analysis of Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" versus Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Henry David Thoreau gave a lecture titled "Civil Disobedience" in 1848. "Civil Disobedience" was later published in 1849. ... To continue, the second theme in Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" is injustice. ... To recap, Thoreau's major themes in "Civil Disobedience" are, his disappointment with the American government, injustice towards slaves, and advocating a non-violent protest. ... In conclusion, both King's "I Have a Dream" and Thoreau's "...

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Vince Tarkanian English 1A Poet Research Essay July 8, 2014 Analysis of Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience", "Walden", and "Walking" Henry David Thoreau said of himself "I am a Schoolmaster – a Private Tutor, a Surveyor – a Gardener, a Farmer – a Painter, I mean a House Painter, a Carpenter, a Mason, a Day-Laborer, a Pencil-Maker, a Glass-paper Maker, a Writer, and sometimes a Poetaster (The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau 186). ... The issue of slavery would divide the country and throw it into civil war. ... A few years later, one ...

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It was always in favour of not completely abandoning the constitutional path and the negotiating table and generally preferred to put its weight behind constitutional forms of struggle as opposed to mass civil disobedience. ... The Indian capitalists attitude towards mass civil disobedience was a complex one. While, on one hand, they were afraid of protracted mass civil disobedience, on the other hand, they clearly saw the utility, even necessity of civil disobedience in getting crucial concessions for their class and the nation. ... However, this view is severely criticized by Sumit Sarkar in...

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Abstract Rebellion as an act of disobedience and its evaluation are the focus of area in this research paper. ... Introduction Rebellion is an act of refusal or disobedience to an authority. ... The analysis of the data was done using a novel, read a couple of times, within a week. ... Narrative analysis is used additionally, in this paper to examine why people behave in such a manner and the treatment they receive consequently. ...

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The act of civil disobedience immediately evoked a reaction from eight white clergymen, who, in a statement printed in the local newspaper, called King "an outsider" and deemed his actions in Birmingham "unwise and untimely." ... King says "Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal" to illustrate why he must expose this tension so that we will leave behind racism and prejudice, move toward understanding, and come together as sis...

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For my final essay, I chose a literary analysis of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. ... One of the biggest things King is able to accomplish in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is his reason for using civil disobedience. ...

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In his letter, King also compared his civil disobedience and those of the Negros to the some Biblical characters. ... Wise Greek philosopher Socrates himself practiced civil disobedience "to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative and analysis and objective appraisal" (King 1857). ...

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Through his references to history, his elegant prose, and his thoughtful analysis of his plight, King effectively employs his philosophy of nonviolent passive resistance. ... His "Letter from Birmingham Jail," one of the great documents of the civil rights movement, contains a harrowing and heartbreaking description of the evils of segregation. ...

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'Letter from Birmingham Jail' Rhetorical Analysis In April of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama for his efforts in the civil rights movement. ... Just as the eighth-century prophets left their villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their hometowns (King par. 2)," to give credit to his civil disobedience, "It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved (King par. 18)," and to rationalize being an extremist, King ...

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While the situation and causes differed in both Upper and Lower Canada, so too did the preceding actions and levels of civil disobedience. ... According to Lord Durham's Report on the Rebellions, the civil unrest at the heart of the rebellions in Lower Canada existed due to the rising ambitions of a French-Canadian middle class, the main group spearheading a reformist agenda. As a result, the conflict in Lower Canada took on a series of more proactive actions and forms of civil disobedience, rather than the outright violent upheaval chartered by members such as Duncombe and Nelson in Upp...

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The play explores the new form of civil disobedience in regards to the political, social and economic structure of society. ... Fo uses the conventions of drama and the median of theater as instruments to expose political issues and provoke debate and analysis. ... Fo explores and conveys his contextual concerns, ideas, and opinions within the play provoking thought, analysis and discussion among audience members, thus stimulating change and growth within society. ...

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While many people may think of violence as the type of resistance that can truly create change, history has proven otherwise. Throughout the years, non-violent action has proven to be effective more often than not, as discussed by the Afghani Jamila Raqib in her Ted Talk. Raqib smartly chose to comm...

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It is important to recognize in the analysis of Creon, that although he is acting against the will of the gods, he is not purposefully challenging them. ... However, Antigone, in her plea, is the representative of the higher power of the immortal entities, and so what at first presents itself as a case of civil disobedience is broadened into a conflict of mortal versus immortal law. ... The conflicts and relationships in Sophocles' Antigone are brilliantly presented in this great tragedy and the truth and humanity of the characters transcend the extraordinary situations forming a bridge ...

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The analysis starts with the broadest measures of success and gradually disaggregates the components of the national budget to reveal the hidden conflicts inherent in any matter of public choice. Since the Keynesian analysis of the 1950s it has become widely accepted that the economic role of the government is not confined only to prudent financial management and balancing. ... The analysis so far has revealed that it may be in the long-run developmental interest of the nation to attract a high quality public service with a high wage bill. ... In his analysis of the newly industrialized coun...

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Adverse reaction as a result of action takes place in Plato's Five Dialogues, Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and The Marquis De Sade's Justine. ... Thoreau's affirmation of the validity of individuality is evident throughout his work entitled Walden and Civil Disobedience. ...

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NOW believed that the civil rights guaranteed to all by our Constitution must be effectively applied and enforced to "isolate and remove patterns of sex discrimination, to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and education and equality of civil and political rights and responsibilities on behalf of women" (153, Sinopoli). ... Nonviolent civil disobedience was the approach that, he felt, would bring about change and transformation in society. ...

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Therefore, one only needs to know certain social facts, eg whether certain wishes were expressed and the likelihood of harm for disobedience, habits of obedience etc. ... It equates legal authority with physical power to demand disobedience. Merits: Easy to explain- Analysis of law in non legal terms which shows how legal concepts can be analysed with more basic notions. ... But, he says that the circumstance may demand that an unjust law be follwed as disobedience leads to weakening the legal system. ...

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The examples Apple gives are that social studies texts still refer to the period known as "The Dark Ages- rather than, what he believes to be: historically more accurate and much less racist phrase "the ages of African and Asian Ascendancy- or books that treat Rosa Parks as merely a nave African-American woman who was simply too tired to go to the back of the bus, rather than discussing her training in organized civil disobedience at the Highlander Folk School (Apple, 22). ... By having a national curriculum, the government is just taking away every last bit of creativity and critical ana...

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In 1803, the Mughal kingdom down-fell. This conclusion happened from many days before due to the inner weakness of the Indian- subcontinent. The Mughal rule, in one word, had been easily turned in the hand of British Imperialism very easily, the power was given to the british , even before they ...

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