The Hidden Text of Mill's Liberty

'...a new and important reading of Mill that bridges several disciplines. It is essential reading for anybody concerned about the delicate fabric of our republican tradition....The work is scholarly, insightful, and written at a level that makes its important message accessible to student, scholar, and layperson.'-Scott G. McNall, University of Toledo

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By Stewart Justman

Summary

A reinterpretation of John Stuart Mill's classic essay, examining the uses made of the republican tradition, as well as the work's euphemisms, suppressions, asides and allusions. The author argues that Mill attempts to reduce the republican tradition to a single principle of non-interference.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Justman, Justman Stewart
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.1990
• EAN: 9780847676545
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-7654-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies