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Author:
McKenzie, Jonathan, author.
Title:
The political thought of Henry David Thoreau : privatism and the practice of philosophy / Jonathan McKenzie.
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
205 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Thoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862.
Individualism.
Simplicity.
Democracy.
Conduct of life.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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:
"In The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan McKenzie analyzes not only Thoreau's well-known works but also his journals and correspondence to provide a fresh portrait of the Sage of Walden as a radical individualist." -- Publisher description.
ISBN:
0813166306 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813166308 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)908071894
LCCN:
2015037952
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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