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Socialism is a classic political science/political philosophy essay by John Stuart Mill. This venerable political science book contains the following excerpt from the introduction:It was in the year 1869 that, impressed with the degree in which, even during the last twenty years, when the world seemed so wholly occupied with other matters, the socialist ideas of speculative thinkers had spread among the workers in every civilized country, Mr. Mill formed the design of writing a book on Socialism. Convinced that the inevitable tendencies of modern society must be to bring the questions involved in it always more and more to the front, he thought it of great practical consequence that they should be thoroughly and impartially considered, and the lines pointed out by which the best speculatively-tested theories might, without prolongation of suffering on the one hand, or unnecessary disturbance on the other, be applied to the existing order of things. He therefore planned a work which should go exhaustively through the whole subject, point by point; and the chapters now printed are the first rough drafts thrown down towards the foundation of that work. These chapters might not, when the work came to be completely written out and then re-written, according to the author's habit, have appeared in the present order; they might have been incorporated into different parts of the work. It has not been without hesitation that I have yielded to the urgent wish of the editor of this Review to give these chapters to the world; but I have complied with his request because, while they appear to me to possess great intrinsic value as well as special application to the problems now forcing themselves on public attention, they will not, I believe, detract even from the mere literary reputation of their author, but will rather form an example of the patient labor with which good work is done.

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Une oeuvre majeure du féminisme et de la lutte pour l'émancipation des femmes. Cet essai de John Stuart Mill est publié à une époque (1869) où l'inégalité entre les sexes se montre bien plus qu'ancrée dans l'opinion générale: elle est inscrite dans la loi britannique. Les femmes sont alors vues comme naturellement moins fortes et intellectuellement moins douées que les hommes. Mais dans L'Asservissement des Femmes, le philosophe anglais affirme le rôle prépondérant de la construction sociale dans cette image, qui permet de maintenir la situation d'assujettissement. Il y défend surtout la thèse de l'égalité homme-femme dès la naissance, et même du droit de vote en faveur du sexe faible . Le mariage y est analysé, la place accordée à l'épouse critiquée, la soumission au mari dénoncée... Bref, c'est toute l'image de la femme qui est déconstruite dans cette réflexion si avant-gardiste qu'elle brûle encore d'actualité, un siècle et demi plus tard...En édition BILINGUE ANGLAIS/FRANÇAIS, avec lecture audio intégrée. Lisez L'Asservissement des Femmes en français et en anglais, mais savourez également la lecture de cet ouvrage dans sa version originale anglaise, ou dans sa traduction française. Comment ? Grâce à votre téléphone, tablette ou webcam. L'idéal pour améliorer votre maîtrise de la langue de John Stuart Mill... et de Voltaire !

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Io mi propongo in questo saggio, di spiegare colla maggior possibile chiarezza, le ragioni sulle quali si fonda una opinione, che io ho abbracciata fin da quanto si formavano le mie prime convinzioni sulle questioni sociali e politiche, e che ben lungi dal fiaccarsi e modificarsi colla riflessione e la esperienza della vita, non fece che ingagliardire viemmeglio con esse. Io credo che le relazioni sociali dei due sessi, che sottomettono l'un sesso all'altro in nome della legge, sono cattive in sè stesse, e costituiscono oggidì uno dei precipui ostacoli che si oppongono al progresso dell'umanità...

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Considerations on Representative Government is a political science book by John Stuart Mill published in 1861.¿¿Mill argues for representative government, the ideal form of government in his opinion. One of the more notable ideas Mill puts forth in the book is that the business of government representatives is not to make legislation. Instead Mill suggests that representative bodies such as parliaments and senates are best suited to be places of public debate on the various opinions held by the population and to act as watchdogs of the professionals who create and administer laws and policy. In his words:

'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' -John Stuart MillOn Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill's passionate advocacy of spontaneity, individuality, and diversity, along with his contempt for compulsory uniformity and the despotism of popular opinion, has attracted both admiration and condemnation.On Liberty was a greatly influential and well-received work. The ideas presented in On Liberty have remained the basis of much political thought.

The anxiety of mankind to interfere in behalf of nature, for fear lest nature should not succeed in effecting its purpose, is an altogether unnecessary solicitude. What women by nature can't do, it is quite superfluous to forbid them from doing.John Stuart Mill attacks the argument that women are naturally worse at some things than men and should, therefore, be discouraged or forbidden from doing them. He says that we simply don't know what women are capable of, because we have never let them try - nobody can't make an authoritative statement without evidence. We can't stop women from trying things because they might not be able to do them. He also points out that while there may be physical differences between men and women, there is no evidence that they differ substantially in mental or moral capabilities. He regards gender inequality as part of an older social system in which matters were decided by use of force and makes a strong argument that modern society should operate on the basis of reason rather than force.In sum, Mill's The Subjection of Women is perhaps the finest essay of social and political philosophy produced in the modern era, and should be read by all interested in social justice, feminism, or ethics.