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Author Guillin, Vincent.

Title Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality [electronic resource] : historical, methodological and philosophical issues / by Vincent Guillin.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009.

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Description xii, 367 p.
Series Studies in the history of political thought, 1873-6548 ; v. 1
Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004174696 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004174699 (hardback : alk. paper)

 
    
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