Insurrectionist ethics and Thoreau
LA McBride III - Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A …, 2013 - JSTOR
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American …, 2013•JSTOR
The American philosophical tradition is often portrayed as a genteel tradition that is
committed to democracy and the incremental expansion of democracy through suasionist
means. In an attempt to complicate this narrative, the author articulates the basic features of
Leonard Harris's insurrectionist ethics, then attempts to locate this insurrectionist ethics in
the work of Henry D. Thoreau. It is argued that this insurrectionist ethos is a fecund addition
to the American philosophical tradition and that insurrectionist character traits and modes of …
committed to democracy and the incremental expansion of democracy through suasionist
means. In an attempt to complicate this narrative, the author articulates the basic features of
Leonard Harris's insurrectionist ethics, then attempts to locate this insurrectionist ethics in
the work of Henry D. Thoreau. It is argued that this insurrectionist ethos is a fecund addition
to the American philosophical tradition and that insurrectionist character traits and modes of …
Abstract
The American philosophical tradition is often portrayed as a genteel tradition that is committed to democracy and the incremental expansion of democracy through suasionist means. In an attempt to complicate this narrative, the author articulates the basic features of Leonard Harris's insurrectionist ethics, then attempts to locate this insurrectionist ethics in the work of Henry D. Thoreau. It is argued that this insurrectionist ethos is a fecund addition to the American philosophical tradition and that insurrectionist character traits and modes of comportment offer appealing resources to those faced with oppression and hegemony.
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