Henry David Thoreau

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience (Annotated) Henry David Thoreau

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Challenge, rebellion and resistance have been present, since ancient times, both in the creation of myths of humanity, from the biblical accounts of Genesis with Eve at the head, through Greco-Latin mythology (Prometheus), literary works ( Antigone, Lysistrata); even in history since the beginning of ancient Egypt, in the Middle Ages or Modernity. Of course, this story does not stay in the distant times but it crosses, with many examples, all the latitudes and geographies where human beings have been creating civilization. Disobeying established truths, challenging the powerful, rebelling against injustices, resisting domination, protesting arbitrariness, exploring beyond the limits set, transgressing the social order and many more similar actions have not only been an important part of our history but an art, without which it is difficult to imagine human progress.