Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality

Guillin, Vincent.

Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality historical, methodological and philosophical issues / [electronic resource] : by Vincent Guillin. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009. - xii, 367 p. - Studies in the history of political thought, v. 1 1873-6548 ; . - Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 1. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Comte and Mill on sexual equality : context and problems -- The female brain and the subjection of women : biology, phrenology and sexual equality -- The phrenological controversy -- The explanation of moral phenomena : Comte and Mill on the architectonics of the moral sciences -- A never ending subjection? : Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality -- The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character -- How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women -- Conclusion.


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Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857 --Political and social views.
Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 --Political and social views.


Sex discrimination against women.
Sex differences.
Women's rights.


Electronic books.

HQ1237 / .G85 2009eb

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