On Liberty and the Subjection of Women (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	John Stuart Mill
Editors:	Alan Ryan
Dimensions:	190 x 133 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-144147-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	0-14-144147-X
Barcode:	9780141441474

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