NON-CONFORMITY
Concept outlined by Emerson in “Self-Reliance” and pushed further by
Thoreau in “Civil Disobedience.” Non-conformity does not simply mean
doing one’s own thing but requires that the individual be able to completely
separate himself or herself from any institutions or structures that conflict
with his or her belief system. This kind of individualism was, to the
transcendentalists, the ultimate freedom.
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