A duty to resist : when disobedience should be uncivil / Candice Delmas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delmas, Candice, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Direct action.

Civil disobedience.

Government, Resistance to.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 295 pages)

Other Title:

When disobedience should be uncivil

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

What are our responsibilities in the face of injustice? As Candice Delmas argues, we have a duty to resist injustice, which is more important, sometimes, than our duty to obey the law. Drawing from the tradition of activists including Thoreau, Gandhi, and the Movement for Black Lives, Delmas conceptualizes and defends uncivil disobedience and explores its practices and limits. Delmas turns the traditional arguments for civil disobedience on their head, and lays out a clear argument for the duty to go beyond that to resist injustice, even by uncivil means, when necessary.

Contents:

Political obligation(s)

Principled disobedience

In defense of uncivil disobedience

Justice and democracy

Fairness

Samaritanism

Political association

Acting on political obligations

Resistance in the age of Trump.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 18, 2018).

ISBN:

0-19-087222-5