Resisting Illegitimate Authority
A Thinking Person's Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian—Strategies, Tools, and Models

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed reading sections of Bruce Levine's "Resisting Illegitimate Authority." The bios of famous anti-authoritarians was very good and the history of the anarchy movement in the US is one we don't hear about often. There is also an excellent reference section if you want more ab......more

This book is a mixed bag. I went to school for psychology and have remained interested in the topic throughout my life, so a book written by a psych professional about anti authoritarianism was intriguing to me. It's pretty clear from the beginning that Levine is ignorant of a lot of leftist and ant......more

Bruce Levine's book explains the ways in which anti-authoritarians throughout history have gone about trying to change illegitimate authority in right and wrong ways. This is a thinking person's book. If you are a sheep, don't bother. He addresses how someone who doesn't go with the flow may be trea......more

A very enjoyable and helpful read. While the author’s sympathetic view of anarchoprimitivism, Ted Kaczynski, and Alcoholics Anonymous and his view on the oppressive nature of schooling trumping the oppression youth oftentimes experience in the home were not points I agreed with, I liked this book a......more

In elementary school, though I was in what was then called the “Intellectually Gifted Class” (IGC) always earning high academic marks, my report cards (kept by my mother so I saw them after decades had passed while cleaning out her house) clearly showed that I got many demerits for “misbehavior.” Cl......more