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John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]
John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]

John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]

Author: 
Gregory Claeys
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  • Offers an introduction to John Mill's key works and themes
  • Contextualizes Mill's ideas and emphasizes their evolution
  • Acknowledges the more controversial aspects of Mill's ideas
  • Draws out Mill's relevance to the present

     
John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political Economy (1848). Today Mill is chiefly identified with On Liberty (1859), perhaps the definitive text of modern liberal statement of its subject, and probably the single most important work of modern political thought. Mill was also the first major male feminist thinker of the period (author of The Subjection of Women, 1869), and the first, as an MP, to introduce a bill for female enfranchisement before Parliament.
  
This Very Short Introduction offers a brief survey of the life and key ideas of this most influential Victorian British writer. Moving chronologically, Gregory Claeys outlines the philosophical background out of which Mill developed, chiefly through the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and James Mill. He demonstrates how Mill's personal life, especially his 'mental crisis' of 1827, and his relationship with Harriet Taylor, were integral to his intellectual development. Throughout Claeys considers Mill's key works set within the context of his lesser writings and correspondence, and discusses the more controversial aspects of his thought concerning religion, secularism, and birth control.

Index: 

Preface
1:An uneventful life
2:Remaking radicalism 1835-45
3:Political economy and social philosophy 1845-1859
4:The values of On Liberty (1859)
5:Later writings 1861-79
6:Mill today
Further Reading
Index

About the author: 

Gregory Claeys, Emeritus Professor, University of London

Gregory Claeys is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of London. He is the author of nine books, including Marx and Marxism (2018). He is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature (2010), and co-editor (with Gareth Stedman Jones) of The Cambridge History of Nineteenth Century Political Thought (2011).

"By placing Mill's philosophy in other perspectives, in the context of moments ranging from its genesis to its last writings, with new associations, Gregory Claeys offers the reader a brilliant reconstruction of this philosophy, allowing him to find all of it the power. The inevitable repetitions of themes throughout the book are ultimately instructive and even necessary for this brief introduction, contributing to the clarity of the text and the presentation of the subjects treated." - Beatriz Laporta, Archives de philosophie

Product details

ISBN : 9780198749998

Author: 
Gregory Claeys
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Feb 2022
Series
Very Short Introductions
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John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]

John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]

John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction [#696]