ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), perhaps best known as the author of Walden, was a deep believer in the demands of conscience over the demands of the state. His refusal in July 1846 to pay a tax led him to write the essay Civil Disobedience, which was to exercise a great influence on subsequent generations of thinkers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau’s basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another, the individual must follow his conscience and, if necessary, disregard human law.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Civil Disobedience” was inspired by Thoreau’s arrest in 1846 for refusing for six years to pay a poll tax in protest of both slavery and the Mexican-American War.