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

By: Guillin, VincentContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the history of political thought ; v. 1.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009Description: xii, 367 pSubject(s): 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 rightsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.4201 LOC classification: HQ1237 | .G85 2009Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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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