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Other authors / contributors: | Bromwich, David, 1951-
Kateb, George.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
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ISBN: | 9780300130164 0300130163 1281722499 9781281722492 9780300096088 0300096089 9780300096101 0300096100
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249). Print version record.
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Summary: | 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.
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Other form: | Print version: Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. On liberty. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300096089 9780300096088
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