| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Contributor(s): Stephen, James Fitzjames (Author), White, R. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521180821 ISBN-13: 9780521180825 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 323.44 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.84 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and morality characteristic of the Comptist philosophy which had attracted Mill. Stephen's aim was to show that 'no room is left for the order of ideas hinted at by the phrase 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''. He argues his case with legal precision and considerable rhetorical powers. |