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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guillin, Vincent
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2009.
Series:Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Comte, Auguste, > 1798-1857 > Political and social views.
Mill, John Stuart, > 1806-1873 > Political and social views.
Comte, Auguste, > 1798-1857
Mill, John Stuart, > 1806-1873
Sex discrimination against women.
Sex differences.
Women's rights.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes.
Différences entre sexes.
Femmes > Droits.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Political and social views
Sex differences
Sex discrimination against women
Women's rights
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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