| title | authors | journal | year | month | external_url | drive_links | course | tags | pages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Revolutionary Thoreau |
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nyrb |
2020 |
sep |
activism |
|
11 |
Belief systems and abstract commitments are, of course, indispensable to social change. But when this isolated interiority becomes the sovereign justification for political action, there are only two possible conclusions: either a quietist withdrawal for endless self-reflection or a dangerous willingness to achieve political ends through violent means.