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The political thought of Henry David Thoreau : privatism and the practice of philosophy / Jonathan McKenzie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Jonathan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Individualism.
- Simplicity.
- Democracy.
- Conduct of life.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work provides a fresh interpretation of Henry Thoreau's political theory through a comprehensive interpretation of public and private writings. While recent critics have opened new vistas in Thoreau interpretation, little attention has been paid to Thoreau's journals and correspondence.
- Contents:
- The philosophical risks of politics
- Reflective simplification: the questions of a philosophical life
- Poverty eternal
- Life near the bone
- Wildness: the phenomenology of freedom
- How to mind your own business
- The fullness of life.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813166384
- 0813166381
- 9780813166322
- 0813166322
- 9780813166315
- 0813166314
- OCLC:
- 930489246
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