TY - JOUR
T1 - Contesting Patrilineal Descent in Political Theory
T2 - James Mill and Nineteenth-Century Feminism
AU - Jose, Jim
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Liberal philosopher James Mill has been understood as being unambiguously antifeminist. However, Terence Ball, supposedly informed by a feminist perspective, has argued for a new interpretation. Ball has reconceptualized Mill as a feminist and the sole source of the feminism of his son (J. S. Mill), suggesting a revision of the received wisdom about their relationship to the development of nineteenth century feminist thought. This paper takes issue with Ball's “new interpretation” and its presumed feminist basis.
AB - Liberal philosopher James Mill has been understood as being unambiguously antifeminist. However, Terence Ball, supposedly informed by a feminist perspective, has argued for a new interpretation. Ball has reconceptualized Mill as a feminist and the sole source of the feminism of his son (J. S. Mill), suggesting a revision of the received wisdom about their relationship to the development of nineteenth century feminist thought. This paper takes issue with Ball's “new interpretation” and its presumed feminist basis.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2000.tb01083.x
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2000.tb01083.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0887-5367
VL - 2000
SP - 151
EP - 174
JO - Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy
JF - Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy
IS - 15
ER -