On Wikileaks (IV): A World Without Obedience or Authority: Toward a Life of One's Own, and a Real Revolution

On Wikileaks (IV): A World Without Obedience or Authority: Toward a Life of One's Own, and a Real Revolution

By Arthur Silber

Part I

Part II

Part III

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If I obey the laws of the land, I actually support its constitution ... there is no such thing as obedience in political and moral matters. -- Hannah Arendt

Leaking is inherently an anti-authoritarian act. It is inherently an anarchist act. -- Julian Assange

Wikileaks' Threat to "Order" and Authority

In her essay discussed in the second part of this series, Hannah Arendt argues that what we commonly call obedience cannot, in the political context, properly be regarded as obedience at all. In fact, it is support -- for a country's constitution, its laws, and its panoply of requirements concerning how we act.

Continued. . .