Rereading Power and Freedom in J. S. Mill.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- I: The Politics of Freedom -- II: The Contribution of John Stuart Mill -- III: Steps in the Argument -- 1 Mill's Conception of Freedom -- I: Freedom and Liberty -- II: Freedom, Autonomy, and Individuality -- III: Degrees of Autonomy, Degrees of Freedom -- IV: Freedom and Power -- V: Freedom, Power, and Culture -- VI: Conclusions -- 2 Mill's Theory of Modern Freedom -- I: 'Science,' 'Art,' and 'Theory' in Mill's Political Philosophy -- II: Freedom and Mill's Moral Theory -- III: Empirical Theories and Spheres of Freedom -- a. The Theory of Social Power -- b. The Theory of Individual Development -- c. The Theory of Societal Development -- IV: Secondary Principles -- a. The Principle of Liberty -- b. Democratic Self-government -- c. Social and Distributive Justice -- d. Equality -- V: Conclusions -- 3 The Theory of Social Power -- I: Mill's Conception of Power -- II: The Sources of Social Power -- III: Mill's Theory of Authority -- a. Being 'an Authority' -- b. Traditional Authority -- c. Modern Authority -- IV: Power and Authority -- V: Government, Self-government, and the Government of Conduct -- 4 Education for Freedom -- I: Association Psychology and the Development of Autonomy -- II: The 'Science' of Ethology and the 'Art' of Education -- III: The Powers of Education -- a. Formal Education -- b. Education in the 'Larger Sense' -- c. Authority, Discipline, and Self-discipline -- IV: Equality versus Elitism -- V: Conclusion -- 5 The Principle of Liberty -- I: Individual Liberty and Modern Democracy -- II: The Province of Individual Liberty -- III: Individuality, Utility, and the Diversity of Goods -- IV: The Domain of Social Morality -- V: Indirect Utility and the Politics of Rights -- VI: Individual Liberty and the Powers of Education and Opinion -- VII: Conclusion.

6 Freedom, Sex Equality, and the Power of Gender -- I: Gender and Individual Liberty -- a. Autonomy, Freedom, and the Constraints of Gender -- b. Life Plans and Career Opportunities -- c. Marriage and Divorce -- d. Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Freedom -- II: Sex Equality and Democratic Self-government -- a. Marital Partnership -- b. Economic and Political Freedom -- III: Conclusion -- 7 Economic Freedom -- I: Mill on Economic Freedom -- a. Economic Freedom -- b. Maximal Economic Freedom -- II: The Political Economy of Freedom -- a. Individual Liberty -- b. Democratic Self-government -- III: Conclusion -- 8 Political Freedom -- I: Representative Democracy -- a. Equal Representation and Democratic Deliberation -- b. Political Equality and Class Division -- c. The Principle of Publicity and the Public Sphere -- d. Local and National Democracy -- e. Popular Participation and the 'Authority of the Instructed' -- II: Maximal Political Freedom -- III: Conclusion -- 9 Mill and the Politics of Freedom -- I: Rethinking Freedom and Power -- II: Four Principles of Freedom -- a. The Principle of Liberty -- b. Democratic Self-government -- c. Social and Distributive Justice -- d. Equality -- III: Conclusion: The Politics of Freedom -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Baum recovers lost dimensions of Mill's thought, and in so doing, contributes to a critical sociology of freedom for our our time like workers' co-operatives & women's rights.

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