On liberty /

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Author / Creator:Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (x, 249 pages)
Language:English
Series:Rethinking the Western tradition
Rethinking the Western tradition.
Subject:Liberty.
Liberté
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
Liberty.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161032
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Other authors / contributors:Bromwich, David, 1951-
Kateb, George.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
ISBN:9780300130164
0300130163
1281722499
9781281722492
9780300096088
0300096089
9780300096101
0300096100
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249).
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. On liberty. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300096089 9780300096088