The Subjection of Women - Softcover

Mill, John Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506002862 ISBN 13: 9781506002866

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nine-teenth century. Presented here are all four chapters of Mill's essay written in 1861, which ad-dress the legal subordination of women as manifested in their exclusion from the political pro-cess and their lack of any rights within marriage. Principally considered is the relation of the sexes within the family structure as a paradigm of, and the seedbed for, the general social and political structure that surrounds it. Written shortly after the death of Mill's beloved wife and fel-low-thinker Harriet, ‘The Subjection of Women’ stresses the importance of equality for the sex-es.

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About the Author:

John Stuart Mill, FRSE (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century". Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham. Hoping to remedy the problems found in an inductive approach to science, such as confirmation bias, he clearly set forth the premises of falsifiability as the key component in the scientific method. Mill was also a Member of Parliament and an important figure in liberal political philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1506002862
• ISBN 13: 9781506002866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84
• Editor: Jonson Will