【圖書簡介】 This longanticipated Norton Critical Edition represents an extensive revision of its predecessor, On Liberty, edited by the late David Spitz. Alan Ryan's provocative introduction lays out the central issues debated by John Stuart Mill's many interpreters; in addition, it assesses Mill's historical significance and provides a brief account of his life.In recent years, scholars have increasingly focused on the connection between On Liberty and Mill's other writings. This Norton Critical Edition brings together three major essays that illustrate Mill's liberal political philosophy over the course of his life: "The Spirit of the Age" (1831), On Liberty (1859), and The Subjection of Women (1869). Related excerpts from John Stuart Mill's Autobiography (1873, published posthumously) are also included. Each text is accompanied by explanatory annotations."Commentary" collects seven major assessments of MiII's writings. The contemporary perspectives of R. H. Hutton and James Fitzjames Stephen and the more recent analyses of Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, John C. Bees, Jeremy Waldron, and Susan Moiler Okin provide readers with a critical overview of one of the most important political philosophers.A Selected Bibliography and an Index are also included. ABOUT THE SERIES: Each Norton Critical Edition includes an authoritative text, contextual and source materials, and a wide range of interpretationsfrom contemporary perspectives to the most current critical theory-as well as a bibliography and, in many cases, a chronology of the author's life and work.COVER ILLUSTRATION: Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, La Libertd, 1794. Paris Mus6e Carnavalet. Reproduced by permission of Giraudon/Art Resource. AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT: George Frederic Watts, John Stuart Mill. Reproduced by permission of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
【作者簡介】 AlAN RYAN was Professor of Politics at Princeton University from 1988 to 1996 and is now Warden of New College, Oxford. he is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism, Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, J.S. Mill, and The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill.
【本書目錄】 Preface Introduction Texts "The Spirit of the Age" On Liberty The Subjection of Women The Composition of the Essays] Commentaries R. H. Hutton·Mill on Liberty James Fitzjames Stephen·[Mill's Fallacies] Isaiah Berlin·John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life Gertrude Himmelfarb·From Liberty of Thought and Discussion Jo1111 C. Rees·The Principle of Liberty Jeremy Waldron·Mill and the Value of Moral Distress Susan Moller Okin·[Mill's Feminist Egalitarianism] John Stuart Mill: A Chronology Selected Bibliography Index