On liberty

Author(s)

• Mill, John Stuart
• Bromwich, David
• Kateb, George

Bibliographic Information

On liberty

John Stuart Mill ; edited by David Bromwich and George Kateb ; with essays by Jean Bethke Elshtain ... [et al.]

（Rethinking the Western tradition）

Yale University Press, c2003

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249)

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780300096088

Description

Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty", a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in this volume which also includes essays by scholars in a range of fields. The text begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill's thinking to early 21st century debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone's way of life.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780300096101

Description

Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in a new edition that also includes essays by distinguished scholars in a range of fields. The book begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner, and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill's thinking to current debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone's way of life.

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Details

• NCID: BA63302857
• ISBN:
  • 0300096089
  • 9780300096101
• LCCN: 2002006676
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Haven, [Conn.]
• Pages/Volumes: x, 249 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JC585
  • DC21 : 323.44
  • NDC9 : 316.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Liberty
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA22710910