"This fine study explores the compatibilities and tensions between
rule by the people and the rule of law. Grounded in history, it
offers a rich and articulate analysis of actual violent conflicts.
Informed by political theory, it provides a sophisticated and
timely reflection on manifestations of conflicts of values in
American democracy and their implications for liberal justice and
politics."--Marianne Constable, University of California, Berkeley
"Jennet Kirkpatrick has done something quite remarkable in this
book. She has taken a set of unsavory characters--vigilantes,
members of lynch mobs, and far-right militiamen--studied their
arguments, and placed them within the tradition of political
theory. She demonstrates that understanding is the necessary
prelude to criticism. And she adds militant abolitionists to the
mix so that we can't resist the demonstration. The result is a
wonderfully illuminating argument."--Michael Walzer, professor
emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study
"Kirkpatrick has written a wonderful book--thoughtful,
provocative, elegant, and unexpected. She begins with a jolting
historical point: the United States has a long history of domestic
terrorists. These are not revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the
American regime but rather men and women pursuing democratic ideals
and, as they see it, the promises made by the Constitution itself.
This is an important book."--James A. Morone, author of "Hellfire
Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History"
"Kirkpatrick presents a clear and important argument, namely
that the wish for an immediate and coherent connection between the
moral values or will of any group and what the law says or does is
dangerousand ultimately incompatible with democratic politics.
"Uncivil Disobedience" is an intriguing study of the origins and
philosophies of violent citizen action groups in the United
States."--Austin Sarat, Amherst College
"An outstanding piece of scholarship. Kirkpatrick refers to the
'dangerous potential of democratic ideas.' This is a very apt
phrase, and it is an expression of what she explores in this very
original and thought-provoking book. Kirkpatrick is not at all
hostile to American democracy, but she is very alert to its
pitfalls. She is a social scientist in the best sense of the
term."--Richard Maxwell Brown, University of Oregon
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