Harcourt, Bernard, "Political Disobedience," Critical Inquiry
The political phenomenon that was born in Zuccotti Park in the fall of 2011 and spread rapidly across the nation and abroad immediately challenged the vocabulary, grammar and political categories. Although it was quickly apparent that a political paradigm shift had taken place, it was hard to discern what Occupy Wall Street really represented, politically. It is time to begin to name this phenomenon and in naming to better understand it. Here, Harcourt proposes a term: political disobedience.