James and John Stuart Mill: Father and Son in the Nineteenth CenturyTransaction Publishers, 1988-01-01 - 484 psl. The story of James and John Stuart Mill is one of the great dramas of the 19thcentury. In the tense yet loving struggle of this extraordinarily influential father and son, we can see the genesis of evolution of Liberal ideas-about love, sex, and women, wealth and work, authority and rebellion-which ushered in the modern age. The result of more than a decade of research and reflection, this is a study of the relationship between James Mill, the self-made utilitarian philosopher who tried (with only partial success) to shape his son in his own image. Mazlish integrates psychology and intellectual history as part of his larger and continuing effort to spur deeper understanding of the character, limitations, and possibilities of the social sciences. John Stuart Mill's rebellion against a joyless, loveless upbringing, one in strict accordance with the principles of Utilitarianism, was rooted ina powerful Oedipal struggle against his father's authority. Mazlish describes this rebellion as playing an important role in the genesis of classical nineteenth century liberalism. Behind this intellectual development were the women in Mills' life: Harriet the mother, never mentioned by her son in his autobiography, and Harriet Taylor, with whom Mill lived in a scandalous, if chaste, ménage a trois. It was this long relationship which informed his famous essay â The Subjection of Women,â one of the most eloquent feminist statements ever written. A work of brilliant historical research and psychological insights, James and John Stuart Mill shows how the nineteenth-century struggle of fathers and sons shaped the social transformation of society. |
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... it to the other side , though he had the stepping stone of economics to help ( or hinder ? ) him . He was the last great " Renaissance " man ; for Max Weber a few generations later , such a man in the age xiv Transaction Introduction.
Father and Son in the Nineteenth Century Bruce Mazlish. few generations later , such a man in the age of developed , specialized capitalism had become a " dilettante , " a mere " literati . " Mill was a man of enormous ambivalence and ...
... later published as The Mind of Adolf Hitler [ New York : Basic Books , 1972 ] ) . When I innocently asked " why ? " - I was answered by a sarcastic , " If it's viable , name the books that carry out this ' assignment ' . " I had to ...
... later , I published this book . Once fully aware of psychohistory , I cannot imagine looking at or listening to texts and arguments in intellectual history without its insights . It would be like going back to mono after hearing music ...
... later to call the Oedipal conflict . They allow us to see not only into their own hearts and minds , but symbolically into the heart of their times . Our approach will emphasize both analysis and synthesis . We shall go freely from the ...