On Liberty and the Subjugation of Women

Two cornerstones of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy<br/>John Stuart Mill was a prodigious thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age. In On Libertyaone of the sacred texts of liberalismahe argues that any democracy risks becoming a atyranny of opiniona in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform to those of the majority. The Subjection of Women, written shortly after the death of Millas wife, Harriet, stresses the importance of sexual equality. Together they provide eloquent testimony to the hopes and anxieties of Victorian England, and offer a trenchant consideration of what it really means to be free.