Civil Disobedience (Un)Common Sense in Mass Democracies
What role might civil disobedience play in the politics of representative democracies as power 'leaks' from the nation state? If traditional politics has surrendered to the interests of global corporations what are the consequences? Quill proposes a reapp
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Lawrence Quill
Civil Disobedience
Also by Lawrence Quill LIBERTY AFTER LIBERALISM Civic Republicanism in a Global Age
Civil Disobedience (Un)Common Sense in Mass Democracies Lawrence Quill Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science San José State University, USA
© Lawrence Quill 2009 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-55505-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-36395-7 ISBN 978-0-230-23436-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230234369
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Quill, Lawrence, 1971– Civil disobedience : (un)common sense in mass democracies / Lawrence Quill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Civil disobedience. I. Title. JC328.3.Q55 2009 303.6′1–dc22 10 18
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For Haleema-Jazmin … for she alone knows.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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What Civil Disobedience is (and is not) 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Civil disobedience in the new century 1.3 A contested concept 1.4 Dimensions of disobedience 1.5 Why (un)common sense? 1.6 Overview
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Obedience: Ancient and Modern 2.1 In the beginning… 2.2 After ‘the beginning’: the case of Socrates 2.3 A life of one’s own? 2.4 A ‘matter of fact’ world 2.5 Conclusion
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Appealing to Heaven 3.1 The pirate and the emperor 3.2 Old wine in new bottles 3.3 A natural duty to obey 3.4 ‘Resistance makes
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