Political thought of Henry David Thoreau : privatism and the practice of philosophy / Jonathan McKenzie.

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McKenzie, Jonathan [author.]

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TextPublication details: Lexington, Ky. : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0813166322
9780813166322
9780813166315
0813166314
0813166381
9780813166384

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau : Privatism and the Practice of Philosophy.DDC classification:

320.092 23

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JC212 M35 2016eb

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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.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

English.

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