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Artificial Society
Associationalist Psychology
Author_Bruce Mazlish
Cambridge University
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Charles Austin
classical liberal thought origins
Concrete Deductive Method
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Father Son Conflict
Father Son Relations
feminist theory
Good Life
Harriet's Daughter
intellectual development nineteenth century
James Mill
James Mill's Elements
James Mill's Essay
JOHN STUART MILL
liberalism history
Mental Crisis
Mental Development
Mill's Letters
Mill's Mental Crisis
Mill's Tone
Nineteenth Century Western Society
Oedipus Complex
Personal Development
psychological biography
Puberty Stage
Robinson Crusoes
Sarah Austin
social science evolution
utilitarian philosophy
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780887387272
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 1988
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The story of James and John Stuart Mill is one of the great dramas of the 19thcentury. In the tense yet loving struggle of this extraordinarily influential father and son, we can see the genesis of evolution of Liberal ideas-about love, sex, and women, wealth and work, authority and rebellion-which ushered in the modern age. The result of more than a decade of research and reflection, this is a study of the relationship between James Mill, the self-made utilitarian philosopher who tried (with only partial success) to shape his son in his own image. Mazlish integrates psychology and intellectual history as part of his larger and continuing effort to spur deeper understanding of the character, limitations, and possibilities of the social sciences.John Stuart Mill's rebellion against a joyless, loveless upbringing, one in strict accordance with the principles of Utilitarianism, was rooted ina powerful Oedipal struggle against his father's authority. Mazlish describes this rebellion as playing an important role in the genesis of classical nineteenth century liberalism. Behind this intellectual development were the women in Mills' life: Harriet the mother, never mentioned by her son in his autobiography, and Harriet Taylor, with whom Mill lived in a scandalous, if chaste, ménage a trois. It was this long relationship which informed his famous essay 'The Subjection of Women,' one of the most eloquent feminist statements ever written. A work of brilliant historical research and psychological insights, James and John Stuart Mill shows how the nineteenth-century struggle of fathers and sons shaped the social transformation of society.
