Mill's The Subjection of Women
Critical Essays
Contributions by Wendy Donner Carleton University, Keith Burgess-Jackson, Julia Annas, Susan Moller Okin, John Howes, Mary Lyndon Shanley, Susan Mendus University of York, Nadia Urbinati Edited by Maria H. Morales
Publication date:
13 January 2005Length of book:
232 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
235x153mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780742535176
John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women is a landmark work both in the long history of women's struggles for political, legal, economic, and personal equality, and in the shorter history of rigorous intellectual analyses of women's subordination. One of the lasting legacies of Mill's The Subjection of Women is its careful argument for the need for justice at both the "public" and the "private" levels, which requires changes at the domestic level that are as radical in the 21st century as they were in the 19th.
The essays collected in this critical edition represent a variety of interpretations both of the kind of feminism Mill represents and of the specific arguments he offers in The Subjection of Women including their lexical ordering and relative merit. Each selection is preceded by a brief and useful summary of the author's position, intended to assist readers encountering the material for the first time
The essays collected in this critical edition represent a variety of interpretations both of the kind of feminism Mill represents and of the specific arguments he offers in The Subjection of Women including their lexical ordering and relative merit. Each selection is preceded by a brief and useful summary of the author's position, intended to assist readers encountering the material for the first time
This very useful collection brings together the best recent writing on Mill's controversial essay, highlighting the diversity of interpretations of Mill's feminism. It will be an indispensable volume for Mill scholars as well as those interested in the history of feminism.