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Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality : historical, methodological and philosophical issues /

Drawing on a detailed analysis of their correspondence, this books offers a new intepretation of the relation between Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill, which focuses on their controvery over sexual equality.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guillin, Vincent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2009.
Colección:Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Comte and Mill on sexual equality : context and problems
  • The female brain and the subjection of women : biology, phrenology and sexual equality
  • The phrenological controversy
  • The explanation of moral phenomena : Comte and Mill on the architectonics of the moral sciences
  • A never ending subjection? : Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality
  • The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character
  • How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women
  • Conclusion.