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Political Dissent: A Global Reader

Ancient to Early-Modern Sources, Volume 1

Edited by Derek Malone-France

This is a global anthology of great texts in the history of political dissent. Volume 1 spans the ancient and early-modern world, beginning with the Book of Isaiah, from the eighth century, BCE, and ending with John C. Calhoun’s “South Carolina Exposition,” from the early nineteenth century CE. Volume 2 begins with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the “Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments,” from the mid-nineteenth century, and ends with the 2008 online Chinese human rights manifesto “Charter 08”. The selected texts come from across the ideological spectrum, representing a wide range of political, cultural, philosophical, and religious perspectives. Each text has been framed with an introduction that describes its historical context and importance and provides readers with assistance in interpreting the text—including explanations of unfamiliar terms and concepts. These introductions have been written for a general audience. Each text is also accompanied by a list of “Suggestions for Further Reading,” which points interested readers toward reliable sources for further exploration of the text, its author, and/or the historical moment or issues involved. This anthology should be accessible and useful to anyone from advanced high school students to scholarly specialists.

Lexington Books

Pages: 268 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-0-7391-2777-3 • Hardback • December 2011 • $133.00 • (£102.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Political, Political Science / History & Theory

Political Dissent: A Global Reader

Ancient to Early-Modern Sources, Volume 1

Hardback

Summary

This is a global anthology of great texts in the history of political dissent. Volume 1 spans the ancient and early-modern world, beginning with the Book of Isaiah, from the eighth century, BCE, and ending with John C. Calhoun’s “South Carolina Exposition,” from the early nineteenth century CE. Volume 2 begins with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the “Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments,” from the mid-nineteenth century, and ends with the 2008 online Chinese human rights manifesto “Charter 08”. The selected texts come from across the ideological spectrum, representing a wide range of political, cultural, philosophical, and religious perspectives. Each text has been framed with an introduction that describes its historical context and importance and provides readers with assistance in interpreting the text—including explanations of unfamiliar terms and concepts. These introductions have been written for a general audience. Each text is also accompanied by a list of “Suggestions for Further Reading,” which points interested readers toward reliable sources for further exploration of the text, its author, and/or the historical moment or issues involved. This anthology should be accessible and useful to anyone from advanced high school students to scholarly specialists.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 268 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-0-7391-2777-3 • Hardback • December 2011 • $133.00 • (£102.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Political, Political Science / History & Theory

Author

Derek Malone-France is associate professor of religion and writing and director of the University Writing Program at The George Washington University.

Table of Contents

General Preface
Foreword to Volume One
1 The Book of Isaiah
Isaiah
2 The Analects of Confucius
Confucius
3 The Apology of Socrates
Plato
4 Gospel Sayings of Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth
5 The Qur’an
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah
6 Defender of the Peace
Marsilius of Padua
7 On Confessions
Bartolomé de Las Casas
8 Areopagitica
John Milton
9 Two Treatises of Government
John Locke
10 The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
11 Common Sense
Thomas Paine
12 The United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, et al.
13 The Anti-Federalist Papers of “Brutus”
Robert Yates
14 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
15 The Colonial Constitution of Saint-Domingue
Toussaint Louverture, et al.
16 Speech at Vincennes
Tecumseh
17 The South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun
About the Editor

Reviews

Readers can certainly find these selections elsewhere, but the strength of this volume lies in how well the author has framed this collection of writings. This work goes a long way towards illuminating dissent as a vital genre of rhetoric and literature. The short essays which introduce each selection are very well-written, accessible, and grounded within the particular debates and historical conditions animating each author.
— Cedric Johnson, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Political Dissent: A Global Reader

Ancient to Early-Modern Sources, Volume 1

Edited by Derek Malone-France

Political Dissent: A Global Reader

Ancient to Early-Modern Sources, Volume 1

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