Contexts of John Stuart Mill's Liberalism

The book comprises seven interconnected essays that aim to enrich our understanding of Mills thinking and his political liberalism as a historically determined narrative. It does so by drawing on recent historiographical debates, the theoretical assumptions of the �New History of Political Thought� and conceptual history. Sharing common methodological ground, the different chapters elaborate on questions concerning the relevance of historical texts for our present understanding of Mill�s thoughts and how to study them as embedded in their social and political context. Thus, the book examines a variety of textual sources, gravitating around the study of a selection of concepts and a number of prominent intellectuals, which contributes to the formation of a picture of Mill�s intellectual milieu and historical background. Rosario L�pez is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of M�laga (Spain).