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100	1		_aWALKER, Brian _929669
245	1	0	_aThoreau's alternative economics : _bwork, liberty, democratic cultivation
260			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _cDecember 1998
520	3		_aHenry Thoreau's Walden is frequently read as the tale of a disaffected Romantic individualist escaping the rigors of community and modern society to seek refuge in a pondside idyll. I argue that this is a fundamental misreading which misses the political import of the book. Walden reveals itself to be a democratic advice-book focusing on the tensions between the political ideal of free self-direction and the unfavorable work conditions that laborers often face. Thoreau's goal is to set out a strategy by which economically vulnerable citizens may enact their liberty and autonomy in threatening employment conditions. To that end, Thoreau reformats themes and practices from various ancient philosophical traditions. Walden is one of the few texts in our tradition in which strategies are thought through for the individual laborer attempting to maintain freedom while at the same time making a living. It therefore merits our closest attention.
773	0	8	_tAmerican Political Science Review _g92, 4, p. 845-856 _dNew York, NY : Cambridge University Press, December 1998 _xISSN 0003-0554 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c21214 _d21214
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