Mill
Blackwell Great Minds
1. Auflage Januar 2009
224 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
John Stuart Mill investigates the central elements of the 19th century philosopher's most profound and influential works, from On Liberty to Utilitarianism and The Subjection of Women. Through close analysis of his primary works, it reveals the very heart of the thinker's ideas, and examines them in the context of utilitarianism, liberalism and the British empiricism prevalent in Mill's day.
* Presents an analysis of the full range of Mill's primary writings, getting to the core of the philosopher's ideas.
* Examines the central elements of Mill's writings in easily accessible prose
* Places Mill's work and thought within the larger cultural and social context of 19th century Britain
* Illustrates the continued relevance of Mill's philosophy to today's reader
Notes on Contributors.
Foreword: Cheryl Mwaria.
1. Introduction: The Writer in the Anthropologist: Maria D. Vesperi
and Alisse Waterston.
Part I: Conceptions.
2. Speaking Truth to Power with Books: Howard Zinn.
3. Remember When Writing Was Fun? Why Academics Should Go On a Low
Syllable, Active Voice Diet: Karen Brodkin.
4. The Bard: Carolyn Nordstrom.
5. Saggin' and Braggin': Lee D. Baker.
6. Stories for Readers: A Few Observations from Outside the
Academy: Andrew Barnes.
Part II: Creations.
7. Writing Poverty, Drawing Readers: Stories in Love, Sorrow
and Rage: Alisse Waterston.
8. Write-ous Indignation: Black Girls, Dilemmas of Cultural
Domination and the Struggle to Speak the Skin We Are In: Signithia
Fordham.
9. Writing Truth to Power: Racism as Statecraft: Arthur K.
Spears.
10. Remembering Octavia: Sharon Ball.
11. Believing in Anthropology as Literature: Ruth Behar.
Part III: Receptions.
12. Walking in Zora's Shoes or "Seek[ing] Out de
Inside Meanin' of Words": The Intersections of
Anthropology, Ethnography, Identity, and Writing: Irma
McClaurin.
13. Off the Shelf and Into Oblivion?: Catherine Kingfisher.
14. "Don't Use Your Data as a Pillow": S. Eben
Kirksey.
15. The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America's Anthropology,
Anthropology's America: Micaela di Leonardo.
16. The Book that Wrote Me: Roger Sanjek.
17. Fighting Words: Paul Farmer.
18. Taking Chances: Maria D. Vesperi.
Index.
engaging as well as scholarly and full of philosophical
interest." -Roger Crisp, University of
Oxford
"This is the most important book on Mill in the past ten years. I
was overwhelmed by the depth of analysis and comprehensiveness of
treatment." -Henry West, Macalester College
Richard Fumerton is the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa. A leading epistemologist, he is the author of numerous books, including Metaepistemology and Skepticism, Realism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth, Reason and Morality, and Epistemology.
