The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie

The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

Étienne de La Boétie

100 pages first pub 1549 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This classic work of the sixteenth century political philosopher, in reply to Machiavelli's The Prince, seeks to answer the question of why people submit to the tyranny of government, and as such, has exerted an important influence on the traditio...

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