J. S. Mill on Freedom and Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7355074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Baum, Bruce J Baum (0000-0002-7390-0064, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-216 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3235226 |
| OpenAlex | W2315286469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
John Stuart Mill is justly famous for his account of how oppressive social and political power limit individual freedom. Yet he also powerfully challenges the equating of freedom with an absence of external constraints and offers an important corrective to the view that freedom and power are inversely related. Mill's conception of freedom emphasizes the necessity of autonomy, a variety of choices and possibilities, and means and opportunities for self-development and self-government in relation to the full range of forms of power that situate people. In this view, freedom and power are linked in a continuing interplay, not a simply oppositional relationship
Autonomy · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Mill · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Engineering · European Political History Analysis · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |