Civil Disobedience and Urban Revolt
GENE L. USDIN M.D.1
1 Director of psychiatric services, Touro Infirmary, 1400 Foucher St., New Orleans, La. 70115
Distinguishing clearly between civil disobedience and civil disorder, which are sometimes confused in the minds of both the participants and the public, the author focuses on the dynamics of the latter. Using the model of adolescent rebellion as an aid to understanding the student and Negro revolts, he concludes that the most urgent task of society is to create the means by which dissident groups can express emotional rebellion within appropriate and well-defined limits.
