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Written in 1861 and published eight years later, this influential essay by the great English philosopher and economist is still relevant and its arguments significant. Believing that the subjugation of women was primarily political and psychological in origin, Mill urged the... Read Full Overview

The Subjection of Women John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill in 1869, possibly jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, stating an argument in favor of equality between the sexes. It offers both detailed... Read Full Overview

The Subjection of Women is an essay published in 1869 by English philosopher, political economist, and civil servant John Stuart Mill, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. At the time of its publication, the essay's argument for equality between... Read Full Overview

The object of this Essay is to explain as clearly as I am able, the grounds of an opinion which I have held from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social or political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has been constantly... Read Full Overview

The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant, John Stuart Mill published in 1869, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill submitted the finished manuscript of their collaborative work On Liberty... Read Full Overview

The object of this Essay is to explain as clearly as I am able, the grounds of an opinion which I have held from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social or political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has been constantly... Read Full Overview

A cornerstone of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy, JOHN STUART MILL.

Mill argues for female equality in a Victorian society that denied women many social and political rights. He also points out that while there may be physical... Read Full Overview

The anxiety of mankind to interfere in behalf of nature, for fear lest nature should not succeed in effecting its purpose, is an altogether unnecessary solicitude. What women by nature can't do, it is quite superfluous to forbid them from doing. John Stuart Mill attacks the argument... Read Full Overview

The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill submitted the finished manuscript of their collaborative work On Liberty... Read Full Overview

Une oeuvre majeure du f minisme et de la lutte pour l' mancipation des femmes.

Cet essai de John Stuart Mill est publi une poque (1869) o l'in galit entre les sexes se montre bien plus qu'ancr e dans l'opinion g n rale: elle est inscrite dans la loi britannique... Read Full Overview

The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill submitted the finished manuscript of their collaborative work On Liberty... Read Full Overview