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題名 坐而言、起而行:論亨利.大衛.梭羅《公民不服從》中的超驗主義精神
Action from Principle: Transcendentalism in Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”
作者 賴盈穎
Lai, Yin-Yin
貢獻者 柯瑞強
John Michael Corrigan
賴盈穎
Lai, Yin-Yin
關鍵詞 公民不服從
梭羅
超驗主義
十九世紀美國文學
愛默生
Civil disobedience
Resistance to civil government
Henry David Thoreau
Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays
the Over-Soul
Self-Reliance
日期 2018
上傳時間 3-Jul-2018 17:21:36 (UTC+8)
摘要 學界研究梭羅之《公民不服從》常將其置於社會科學範疇內,探討其政治可行性、合法性、有效性等議題。雖成果豐碩,但僅從政治與法律觀點探討,卻忽略其文學本質與其時代脈絡,不免落於俗套、有狹隘與簡化之嫌。
本文視《公民不服從》為文學作品,從文學觀點(Literary Perspective)出發、佐以超驗主義作為研究途徑(Transcendentalist Approach),探討19世紀新英格蘭超驗主義(New England Transcendentalism)如何影響、型塑與啟發梭羅《公民不服從》,並試圖證明《公民不服從》本質上為體現(embody)超驗主義精神的作品。
本文分為六章。第一章為緒論,介紹研究背景與問題意識(超驗主義如何影響公民不服從?)。第二章為文獻回顧,爬梳政治與文學領域如何看待梭羅《公民不服從》。第三章為時代思潮背景,概述19世紀新英格蘭超驗主義。第四章為方法論,採用愛默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson)、從其代表性作品《隨筆全集》(Essays)萃取四個核心原則作為超驗主義基石,分別為:超靈(Over-Soul)、內在神性(Inner Divinity)、反權威(Anti-Authority)、自立(Self-Reliance)等。第五章為文本分析,以細讀(close reading)方式逐步檢視梭羅《公民不服從》如何體現超靈、內在神性、反權威、自立等原則。第六章為結論,提供研究發現與貢獻。
本研究得出結論三點:1.《公民不服從》是梭羅貫徹超驗主義下的成果;2.《公民不服從》包含神秘(the mystical)、道德(the moral)、政治(the political)、實用(the practical)等多元面向,且皆具概念與實作;3.梭羅政治三元體(Thoreauvian political triad)是由行動秉持原則(action from principle)、公民不服從(civil disobedience)、和平革命(peaceable revolution)三者組成。
Academic researchers typically position Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” within a narrow political science framework, dismissing Thoreau as a second-rate political thinker and characterizing “Civil Disobedience” as a conceptually disorganized rather than academically significant theory. However, the political science lens provides only a partial view of “Civil Disobedience.” Placing Thoreau within the literary and philosophical milieu of his time, this study utilizes a Transcendentalist approach derived from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s First & Second Series of Essays to engage in a close reading of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” from a literary perspective. It explores the connections between “Civil Disobedience” and the New England philosophy, Transcendentalism. To this end, I develop the following research question: to what extent and in what way does New England Transcendentalism inform Thoreauvian civil disobedience? I hypothesize that 1) Thoreauvian civil disobedience exemplifies the confluence of “action from principle” (Thoreau 154) and 2) “principle” refers to Transcendentalist Principles while “action” refers to the enactment of those principles.
To answer the above research question, I use a Transcendentalist analytical framework that involves four principles, each representing a different dimension of Transcendentalist thought: the Over-Soul (the mystical), Inner Divinity (the moral), Anti-Authority (the political), and Self-Reliance (the practical). Through these lenses, I utilize textual evidence to demonstrate how Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” enacts Transcendentalist Principles. First, Thoreau enacts the mystical principle of the Over-Soul by connecting himself to the Universe, Nature, and others. Second, Thoreau exemplifies the moral principle of Inner Divinity by following his conscience and Higher Law. Third, Thoreau embodies the political principle of Anti-Authority by distrusting authorities like governments, institutions, and the various iterations of the mainstream. Finally, Thoreau asserts the practical principle of Self-Reliance that consists of self-sufficiency, self-motivation, and defiance.
With the aid of a systematic categorical analysis and textual evidence, I decipher the covert Transcendentalism in “Civil Disobedience.” My analysis shows that 1) Transcendentalism fuels Thoreauvian civil disobedience, 2) Thoreauvian civil disobedience has mystical, moral, political, and practical dimensions and involves both theory and action, and 3) there exists a “Thoreauvian political triad” that encompasses principled action, civil disobedience, and peaceable revolution.
Ultimately, I draw the following conclusions: 1) to understand fully “Civil Disobedience,” one must reread it from a literary Transcendentalist perspective rather than viewing it merely as a political tract; and 2) the phrase “action from principle” encapsulates the core of Thoreauvian civil disobedience––the combination of Transcendentalist Principles and the corresponding political actions.
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國立政治大學
英國語文學系
103551001
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dc.contributor.advisor 柯瑞強zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor John Michael Corriganen_US
dc.contributor.author (Authors) 賴盈穎zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) Lai, Yin-Yinen_US
dc.creator (作者) 賴盈穎zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Lai, Yin-Yinen_US
dc.date (日期) 2018en_US
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dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 英國語文學系zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 103551001zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) 學界研究梭羅之《公民不服從》常將其置於社會科學範疇內,探討其政治可行性、合法性、有效性等議題。雖成果豐碩,但僅從政治與法律觀點探討,卻忽略其文學本質與其時代脈絡,不免落於俗套、有狹隘與簡化之嫌。
本文視《公民不服從》為文學作品,從文學觀點(Literary Perspective)出發、佐以超驗主義作為研究途徑(Transcendentalist Approach),探討19世紀新英格蘭超驗主義(New England Transcendentalism)如何影響、型塑與啟發梭羅《公民不服從》,並試圖證明《公民不服從》本質上為體現(embody)超驗主義精神的作品。
本文分為六章。第一章為緒論,介紹研究背景與問題意識(超驗主義如何影響公民不服從?)。第二章為文獻回顧,爬梳政治與文學領域如何看待梭羅《公民不服從》。第三章為時代思潮背景,概述19世紀新英格蘭超驗主義。第四章為方法論,採用愛默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson)、從其代表性作品《隨筆全集》(Essays)萃取四個核心原則作為超驗主義基石,分別為:超靈(Over-Soul)、內在神性(Inner Divinity)、反權威(Anti-Authority)、自立(Self-Reliance)等。第五章為文本分析,以細讀(close reading)方式逐步檢視梭羅《公民不服從》如何體現超靈、內在神性、反權威、自立等原則。第六章為結論,提供研究發現與貢獻。
本研究得出結論三點:1.《公民不服從》是梭羅貫徹超驗主義下的成果;2.《公民不服從》包含神秘(the mystical)、道德(the moral)、政治(the political)、實用(the practical)等多元面向,且皆具概念與實作;3.梭羅政治三元體(Thoreauvian political triad)是由行動秉持原則(action from principle)、公民不服從(civil disobedience)、和平革命(peaceable revolution)三者組成。
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dc.description.abstract (摘要) Academic researchers typically position Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” within a narrow political science framework, dismissing Thoreau as a second-rate political thinker and characterizing “Civil Disobedience” as a conceptually disorganized rather than academically significant theory. However, the political science lens provides only a partial view of “Civil Disobedience.” Placing Thoreau within the literary and philosophical milieu of his time, this study utilizes a Transcendentalist approach derived from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s First & Second Series of Essays to engage in a close reading of Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” from a literary perspective. It explores the connections between “Civil Disobedience” and the New England philosophy, Transcendentalism. To this end, I develop the following research question: to what extent and in what way does New England Transcendentalism inform Thoreauvian civil disobedience? I hypothesize that 1) Thoreauvian civil disobedience exemplifies the confluence of “action from principle” (Thoreau 154) and 2) “principle” refers to Transcendentalist Principles while “action” refers to the enactment of those principles.
To answer the above research question, I use a Transcendentalist analytical framework that involves four principles, each representing a different dimension of Transcendentalist thought: the Over-Soul (the mystical), Inner Divinity (the moral), Anti-Authority (the political), and Self-Reliance (the practical). Through these lenses, I utilize textual evidence to demonstrate how Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” enacts Transcendentalist Principles. First, Thoreau enacts the mystical principle of the Over-Soul by connecting himself to the Universe, Nature, and others. Second, Thoreau exemplifies the moral principle of Inner Divinity by following his conscience and Higher Law. Third, Thoreau embodies the political principle of Anti-Authority by distrusting authorities like governments, institutions, and the various iterations of the mainstream. Finally, Thoreau asserts the practical principle of Self-Reliance that consists of self-sufficiency, self-motivation, and defiance.
With the aid of a systematic categorical analysis and textual evidence, I decipher the covert Transcendentalism in “Civil Disobedience.” My analysis shows that 1) Transcendentalism fuels Thoreauvian civil disobedience, 2) Thoreauvian civil disobedience has mystical, moral, political, and practical dimensions and involves both theory and action, and 3) there exists a “Thoreauvian political triad” that encompasses principled action, civil disobedience, and peaceable revolution.
Ultimately, I draw the following conclusions: 1) to understand fully “Civil Disobedience,” one must reread it from a literary Transcendentalist perspective rather than viewing it merely as a political tract; and 2) the phrase “action from principle” encapsulates the core of Thoreauvian civil disobedience––the combination of Transcendentalist Principles and the corresponding political actions.
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dc.description.tableofcontents Table of Contents
Acknowledgement iii
Chinese Abstract ix
English Abstract xi
Chapter 1 Introduction 13
1.1 General Background and Information 13
1.2 Defining Concept 14
1.3 Literature Review 14
1.4 Research Niche 15
1.5 Research Purpose 16
1.6 Research Questions 16
1.7 Research Value 17
1.8 Overview of the Study 17
Chapter 2 Split Images of Thoreau: Literature Review 19
2.1 Discussion of Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience in General 19
2.1.1 Outside Academic Circles: Thoreau, a Giant in Civil Rights Campaigns 20
2.1.2 Inside Academic Circles: Thoreau, an Unqualified Political Thinker 20
2.1.3 Split Images of Thoreau: Political Thinker or Nature Writer? 21
2.1.4 Double Marginalization: Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” 22
2.2 Discussion of Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience in the Political Field 23
2.2.1 The 1960s: Is It Legal to Engage in Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience? 23
2.2.2 The 1970s: Is It Practical to Execute Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience? 24
2.2.3 The 1980s-1990s: Is Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience Important? 25
2.2.4 The 2000s-2010s: Political and Unpolitical Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience 26
2.2.5 Review of Political Discussions of Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience 27
2.3 Discussion of Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience in the Literary Field 27
2.3.1 Emersonian Interconnectedness 27
2.3.2 Enacting the Transcendentalist Doctrines 29
2.3.3 A Higher Law That Matters 30
2.4 Review of the Literary Discussion of Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience 31
Chapter 3 The New England Philosophy: Transcendentalism 33
3.1 The Transcendental Club and the Transcendentalists 34
3.1.1 The Transcendentalists 34
3.1.2 The Transcendental Club 35
3.2 New England Transcendentalism 36
3.2.1 Transcendentalism in Religion 37
3.2.2 Transcendentalism in Philosophy 40
3.2.3 Transcendentalism in Literature 42
3.2.4 Transcendentalism in Politics 45
3.2.5 Transcendentalism: a Four-Faceted Intellectual Movement 47
Chapter 4 Transcendentalist Principles: Analytical Framework 49
4.1 The Importance of Emerson 49
4.2 The Importance of Essays 50
4.3 The Four Transcendentalist Principles 52
4.3.1 Three Disclaimers 52
4.3.2 The First Principle/ the Mystical Principle: the Over-Soul 53
4.3.3 The Second Principle/ the Moral Principle: Inner-Divinity 56
4.3.4 The Third Principle/ the Political Principle: Anti-Authority 57
4.3.5 The Fourth Principle/ the Practical Principle: Self-Reliance 59
4.4 Transcendentalist Analytical Framework: Transcendentalist Principles 63
Chapter 5 Transcendentalism in Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” 65
5.1 Historical Background 65
5.1.1 The Thrice-Changed Title 66
5.1.2 Three Events That Provoked Thoreau 66
5.1.3 Three Contemporary Models That Impressed Thoreau 66
5.1.4 Four Principles That Motivated Thoreau 67
5.2 “I Did Not Feel Confined”: the Over-Soul in “Civil Disobedience” 68
5.2.1 Prison as an “Honorable Ground”: Access to the Universe 68
5.2.2 “In the Midst of a Huckleberry Field”: Access to Nature 71
5.2.3 “I Must Get off Him First”: Access to Others 72
5.2.4 The Over-Soul: Access to the Universe, Nature, and Others 72
5.3 “A Higher Law Than I”: Inner Divinity in “Civil Disobedience” 73
5.3.1 “Why Has Every Man a Conscience?”: Thoreauvian Conscience 73
5.3.2 “A Higher Law Than I”: Thoreauvian Higher Law 77
5.3.3 Inner Divinity: Conscience and Higher Law 79
5.4 “War with the State: Anti-Authority in “Civil Disobedience” 80
5.4.1 “Resistance to Civil Government”: Anti-Government 80
5.4.2 “Standing So Completely within the Institution”: Anti-Institution 83
5.4.3 “Mercy of Chance”: Anti-Mainstream 85
5.4.4 Anti-Authority: Governments, Institutions, and the Mainstream 87
5.5 “It Must Help Itself”: Self-Reliance in “Civil Disobedience” 87
5.5.1 “They Do Nothing in Earnest”: People without Self-Reliance 87
5.5.2 Self-Reliance in Three Levels 91
5.5.3 Self-Reliance: Self-Sufficiency, Self-Motivation, and Civil Disobedience 96
5.6 The Thoreauvian Political Triad 97
5.6.1 “Action from Principle” and Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience 97
5.6.2 Revolution and Thoreauvian Civil Disobedience 99
5.6.3 The Thoreauvian Political Triad 100
Chapter 6 Conclusion 103
6.1 What Is New? – Findings and Discoveries 103
6.1.1 Transcendentalism and Civil Disobedience: Principle and Action 104
6.1.2 The Mystical, the Moral, the Political, the Practical: Concept and Practice 104
6.1.3 The Thoreauvian Political Triad 104
6.2 Contribution to Research 105
6.2.1 The Link between Transcendentalism and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” 105
6.2.2 The Four Transcendentalist Principles 105
6.2.3 The Thoreauvian Political Triad 105
6.3 Who Should Read This Research 106
6.3.1 Those Curious about the Concept of Civil Disobedience 106
6.3.2 Those Interested in Political Perspectives on Civil Disobedience 106
6.3.3 Those Interested in Literary Perspectives on Civil Disobedience 106
6.4 Defending the Question, Methodology, Evidence, and Inferences 107
6.4.1 A Justifiable Question 107
6.4.2 A Reasonable Methodology 108
6.4.3 Persuasive Evidence 108
6.4.4 Credible Inferences 109
6.5 Why Does It Matter? – Its Academic and Practical Significance 109
Works Cited 111
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dc.subject (關鍵詞) 公民不服從zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 梭羅zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 超驗主義zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 十九世紀美國文學zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 愛默生zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Civil disobedienceen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Resistance to civil governmenten_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Henry David Thoreauen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Transcendentalismen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Ralph Waldo Emersonen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Essaysen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) the Over-Soulen_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Self-Relianceen_US
dc.title (題名) 坐而言、起而行:論亨利.大衛.梭羅《公民不服從》中的超驗主義精神zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Action from Principle: Transcendentalism in Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”en_US
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