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Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on Sexual Equality : Historical, Methodological and Philosophical Issues.
Title:
Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on Sexual Equality : Historical, Methodological and Philosophical Issues.
Author:
Guillin, Vincent.
ISBN:
9789047428152
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Series:
Studies in the History of Political Thought ; v.01

Studies in the History of Political Thought
Contents:
Auguste Comte and John Stuart Millon Sexual Equality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introductory Note -- Acknowledgements -- Note on References -- Introduction -- 1. Comte and Mill on Sexual Equality: Context and Problems -- 2. The Female Brain and the Subjection of Women: Biology, Phrenology and Sexual Equality -- 3. The Phrenological Controversy -- 4. The Explanation of Moral Phenomena: Comte and Mill on the Architectonics of the Moral Sciences -- 5. A Never Ending Subjection? Comte, Mill, and the Sociological Argument against Sexual Equality -- 6. The Ethological Fiasco: The Methodological Shortcomings of the Millian Science of the Formation of Character -- 7. How to Discover One's Nature: Mill's Argument for Emancipation in the Subjection of Women -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Comtean Studies (1993-2008) -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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