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John Stuart Mill

In: Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought

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This chapter examines the life, intellectual career, and political thought of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). It treats his remarkable early life and intellectual development—themselves the subject of his own Autobiography (1873)—with particular attention to his father’s influence, his friendship with Thomas Carlyle, and his transformative union with Harriet Taylor. These biographical details are followed by a discussion of the beginnings of Mill’s intellectual career and, then, a closer look at his most important political works: Utilitarianism (1863), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and, especially, On Liberty (1859). This last is examined more fully and located within the thematic history of modern and liberal political theory.

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  • Brandon Turner, 2024. "John Stuart Mill," Chapters, in: Cary J. Nederman & Guillaume Bogiaris (ed.), Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought, chapter 40, pages 447-457, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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