Date of Award

1-1-2019

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of English

Content Description

1 online resource (iv, 62 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Wendy Roberts

Keywords

abolition, inequality, Kant, Rousseau, slavery, Thoreau, Abolitionists, Privilege (Social psychology)

Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Philosophy

Abstract

Throughout Henry David Thoreau’s life and writing, he pioneers the Nineteenth Century Transcendental movement as a defender of political morality and individual refinement, while simultaneously stressing the importance of maintaining intimacy with nature. The presumed static nature of Thoreau’s movement, however, does not fully encompass the tumultuous time in American history with which Thoreau exists. Living after the Revolutionary war, during the Mexican war, and before the height of the Civil-War, his thought inhabits a period of changes, sometimes positive and yet mostly negative.

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