The Subjection of women : contemporary responses to John Stuart Mill / edited and introduced by Andrew Pyle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pyle, Andrew.

Series:

Key issues (Bristol, England) ; no.6.

Key issues ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. Subjection of women.

Mill, John Stuart.

Women--History--19th century.

Women.

History.

Women's rights.

Equality.

Local Subjects:

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. Subjection of women.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 304 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1995.

Summary:

J. S. Mill's "Subjection of Women (1869), although written of course by a man, is one of the landmarks of British feminism. In the classic "On Liberty (1859) Mill denies people the right to sell themselves into slavery. Yet such, he sees, is the condition of half of the population, denied the most elementary legal and political rights. "The Subjection of Women is a cry of protest against the monstrous injustices of existing British institutions, and a plea for political, legal, and educational reforms. Such a fiercely polemical work, by a thinker of Mill's stature and reputation, was bound to stimulate controversy. This volume contains a sample of the resulting literature. Of particular interest is the fact that, among the critics and reviewers who responded to "The Subjection of Women, one may find a number of the most eminent of the women intellectuals of the period.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1855064081

185506409X

OCLC:

34255057