«In this personal reflection of remarkable clarity and intelligence, the author shows above all how the decision between obedience and disobedience ultimately remains a personal matter.»

Le Monde

«The philosopher Frédéric Gros analyses the wellsprings of our passivity. Citizens submit out of fear, social conformity, or pleasure, but also to escape their own responsibility. Yet disobedience is not incompatible with democracy.»

Libération

«This specialist in political philosophy dissects the mechanisms of obedience.»

Télérama

«Inspiring!»

Elle

«A masterly political and ethical reflection. This essay examines the inner condition of the political and social subject, asking why it is hard to disobey even when the world imposes desperate conditions of life.»

Les Inrockuptibles

«A call to resist conformity and tyranny.»

Alain Finkielkraut, Philosophie magazine

«Emotive and pithy ... a deep insight into how we can disobey and bring about a better world rather than passively accept the reality we're living in.»

Philosophy Now