..."A Plea for Captain John Brown" (1859) is a speech in which he enthusiastically praised the radical abolitionist. He also refused to take part in the Mexican War and refused to pay the poll tax, leading to his imprisonment in the summer of 1846. His experience at this time prompted him to write an essay, "Civil Disobedience" (1849), which became a classic of the so-called civil disobedience movement and influenced the thought formation of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and is still read today. Thoreau's basic stance is that the spirit of the individual takes precedence over the power of the government, and we should not overlook the fact that this is consistent with his attitude toward nature. ... *Some of the terminology references "Civil Disobedience" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…《ジョン・ブラウン隊長のための弁護》(1859)は,この急進的な奴隷解放論者を熱烈にほめたたえた講演である。またメキシコ戦争に荷担することを拒んで人頭税の支払いに応ぜず,1846年夏に投獄されるが,このときの経験をきっかけに書き上げた論文《市民の抵抗Civil Disobedience》(1849)は,いわゆる不服従運動の古典として,ガンディーやキング牧師の思想形成に影響を与え,いまもなお読みつがれている。ソローの基本的な姿勢は個人の精神が政府の権力に優先するというものだが,これが自然に対する彼の姿勢と通底していることを見のがしてはならない。… ※「《Civil Disobedience》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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