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Gadflies in the public space : a Socratic legacy of philosophical dissent / Ramin Jahanbegloo ; foreword by Fred R. Dallmayr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jahanbegloo, Ramin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socrates.
- Socrates--Influence.
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Gandhi.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
- Camus, Albert.
- Dissenters--Biography.
- Dissenters.
- Civil disobedience.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 105 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
- Contents:
- Gadfly on trial : Socrates as philosopher-citizen
- Mahatma Gandhi : a nonviolent gadfly
- Henry David Thoreau : an American gadfly
- Martin Luther King Jr. : a gadfly in Montgomery
- Albert Camus : a gadfly in purgatory
- Conclusion : gadflies against the tide.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jahanbegloo, Ramin, author. Gadflies in the public space
- ISBN:
- 9781498541459
- 1498541453
- OCLC:
- 961008179
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