1. Social Deviance in American Society
Henry David Thoreau helped to propel this movement, expressing his own deviance through writing. "Civil Disobedience" argues against the legitimacy of government and laws, and is Thoreau's most famous (and radical) essay. ... In "Civil Disobedience," Thoreau lashes out against the existence of government. "That government is best which governs not at all," he says (Thoreau, qtd. in Parker and Krupat 1792). ... The 1800s, on the other hand, were inundated by an emerging consumerist society, which Thoreau adamantly rejected. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate