Lynchburg College Symposium Readings Volume II: Freedom, Authority, and Resistance

About the Book

Freedom, Authority,and Resistance is the second in the 10-volume series,Lynchburg College Symposium Readings, 3rd edition. Each volume presents primary texts organized around an interdisciplinary, liberal arts theme such as education, politics, social issues, science and technology, morals and ethics. The series has been developed by Lynchburg College faculty for use in the Senior Symposium and the Lynchburg College Symposium Readings Program (SS/LCSR). While these programs are distinctive to Lynchburg College, the texts are used on many college campuses across the nation, as well as by readers interested in significant original texts on important topics. Freedom, Authority, and Resistance offers primary source readings on a wide range of topics in political thought. It presents excerpts from works important to a broad, contemporary understanding of the concerns of political theory in the west. From Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Lenin, and King to Diderot, Douglass, Chief Joseph, Thoreau, Holocaust survivors, and Vaclav Havel — the volume brings ideas together in carefully selected excerpts. Independent thinkers, interested in considering topics such as the use of public power,the fine line between authority and oppression, or the various forms of political resistance, will appreciate the depth these readings bring to the controversies of our day.

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