The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.

Hannah Arendt

The New Yorker

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Topic

Social change Rebellion The 60s

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

Reflections on Civil Disobedience The New Yorker

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Arendt, Hannah. "Civil Disobedience." Crises of the Republic. Vintage, 1972. Originally published as "Reflections on Civil Disobedience" by The New Yorker, 12 Sept. 1970.

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Mother Teresa
Source
A Gift for God
Genre
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Language
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Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.