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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821255003321

Titolo

John Stuart Mill, thought and influence : the saint of rationalism / / edited by Georgios Varouxakis and Paul Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99859-4

1-282-56994-5

9786612569944

0-203-85558-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Routledge innovations in political theory ; ; 36

Altri autori (Persone)

KellyP. J (Paul Joseph)

VarouxakisGeorgios <1966->

Disciplina

192

320.092

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 John Stuart Mill's thought and legacy: A timely reappraisal; 2 The primacy of the political and the problem of cultural authority in an age of transition; 3 Competing theories of character formation: James vs. John Stuart Mill; 4 Wild natural beauty and the religion of humanity: Mill's 'green' credentials; 5 Parallel lives in logic: The Benthams and the Mills; 6 John Stuart Mill and virtue ethics; 7 Justice as higher pleasure; 8 Mill's feminism: Liberal, radical and queer; 9 Liberalism as free thought

10 Mill's relevance today: A personal viewIndex

Sommario/riassunto

More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the Western tradition. This book combines an up-to-date assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill's arguments, his complex version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ethical and political commitment. Bringing together key international and interdisciplinary scholars, including Martha Nussbaum and Peter



Singer, this book combines the latest insights of Mill scholarsh