{"product_id":"walden-and-civil-disobedience","title":"Walden and Civil Disobedience","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a cabin in the woods at Walden Pond to record a philosophical experiment in living: to simplify his life, to support himself entirely by his own labor, and to draw spiritual sustenance from his surroundings. The result: Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (1854). In 1846, Thoreau refused to pay a mandated poll tax, refusing to support a government that protected slavery and had launched an aggressive war against Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn his essay \"Civil Disobedience,\" Thoreau argues that it is the duty of every citizen to disobey immoral laws-and willingly suffer the legal consequences for doing so.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Published: UK, 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Publisher: Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 312\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Language: English\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 13: 9781435171817\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 10: 1435171810\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Henry David Thoreau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39691825217639,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781435171817.jpg?v=1699701763","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/walden-and-civil-disobedience","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}