On Liberty and the Subjection of Women

by John Stuart Mill

Other authorsAlan Ryan (Editor)
Paperback, 2007

Publication

Penguin Classics (2007), Edition: 1, 304 pages

Description

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 nineteenth century. Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism, his great work On Liberty argues lucidly that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform with those of the majority. Written in the same period as On Liberty, shortly after the death of Mill's beloved wife and fellow-thinker Harriet, The Subjection of Women stresses the importance of equality for the sexes. Together, the works provide a fascinating testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England, and offer a compelling consideration of what it truly means to be free.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member SkjaldOfBorea
The core, defining text of modern "liberal liberty". Infinitely polished & chiselled to the minutest precision (& hence balance) by Mill & "She", meaning his gifted wife Harriet Taylor.
LibraryThing member macleod73
Sets the foundation for individualism in our age of modernity.

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

014144147X / 9780141441474

Physical description

304 p.; 5.1 inches

Pages

304

Library's rating

Rating

(31 ratings; 4.1)
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