The Dissent of Man is the fifteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released on September 28, 2010.

Clocking in at 43 minutes, The Dissent of Man is Bad Religion's longest album to date.

Work for The Dissent of Man dates back to June 2008, when bassist Jay Bentley revealed in an interview at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands that guitarist Brett Gurewitz had already started writing new material for the next Bad Religion album.

[1] However, in December 2008, Bentley revealed that, due to Bad Religion's upcoming touring commitments for 2009, the band would not have a chance to record their new album until around the end of the year, for an expected 2010 release date.

[2] In December 2009, Bentley revealed to the fan site The Bad Religion Page that the band was expected to go into the studio on April 26, 2010, to start recording their new album.

"[3] In the following month, Bentley revealed that Bad Religion would record their new album at a studio in Pasadena, California with Joe Barresi, who produced New Maps of Hell and engineered its 2004 predecessor The Empire Strikes First.

[5] On April 6, 2010, Bentley revealed in an interview with KROQ's Kevin and Bean that the date on which the band would record their new album was now May 6.

Joe [Barresi] says the corn flavored Kit Kats are gross, but the wasabi ones are quite delicious... get back to work.

[7]Between June and August 2010, the band played various festivals across Europe, including Rock am Ring, Rebellion and Sziget.

[8] In an interview at the Azkena Rock Festival in Spain in late June 2010, Wackerman and Bentley revealed that the album would be called The Dissent of Man and would be released in four months' time.