Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Robinson, Michael Scott
Author's Email Address	mrobin3@lsu.edu
URN	etd-07062006-154231
Title	The Antipodes: On Rebellion
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Political Science
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title G. Ellis Sandoz Committee Chair Cecil L. Eubanks Committee Member David Sobek Committee Member
Keywords	political rebellion metaphysical rebellion
Date of Defense	2006-06-13
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This essay argues that the term rebellion applies to two similar but distinguishable experiences representative of the limits to human action and capacity. The political rebel is a man who rebels against an oppressive political regime. Opposing him is the metaphysical rebel whose action is inspired by a grievance against the nature of existence generally, as a human being, which he has interpreted to be oppressive. These contradicting inspirations are matched by juxtaposing consequences, exemplified through a literary analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novels, and a historical analysis of Václav Havel and the Velvet Revolution.
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