The death of John Stuart Mill

This article surveys the fiercely contested posthumous assessments of John Stuart Mill in the newspaper and periodical press, in the months following his death in May 1873, and elicits the broader intellectual context. Judgements made in the immediate wake of Mill's death influence biographers and historians to this day and provide an illuminating aperture into the politics and shifting ideological forces of the period. The article considers how Mill's failure to control his posthumous reputation demonstrates both the inextricable intertwining of politics and character in the 1870s, and the difficulties his allies faced. In particular, it shows the sharp division between Mill's middle and working class admirers; the use of James Mill's name as a rebuke to his son; the redefinition of Malthusianism in the 1870s; and how publication of Mill's Autobiography damaged his reputation. Finally, the article considers the relative absence of both theological and Darwinian critiques of Mill.

A liberdade em John Stuart Mill na contemporaneidade

Pós-graduação em Filosofia - FFC

Stuart Hall, cultural studies e a nostalgia da dominação hegemônica

Stuart Hall é um dos poucos autores contemporâneos que ainda se apóia no conceito de ideologia. Ela interfere na língua falada definindo limites, regulando a forma discursiva com a intenção de estabilizá-la e congelá-la. Ela domina o bloco histórico e a estratégia seria a de unir as camadas populares, a partir de dentro, para que estas possam fortificar-se e combatê-la. Mas todo esse esquema tem sabor nostálgico, como se houvesse uma manobra dos poderosos e os dominados não se identificassem com os signos de poder e prestígio. Como no caso da “leitura crítica”, não seria o caso de modernizar Stuart Hall?

Stuart M. Samuel [Illustration] : (Porträt)

Scan von Monochrom-Mikroform

La belle Stuart [Illustration] : (Porträt)

Samuel Cooper

La belle Stuart in Männertracht [Illustration] : (Porträt)

Samuel Cooper

Franziska Kinz als Maria Stuart, Rollenbild, Kniestück, in: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F04901

Ira Kramer als Maria Stuart, Rollenbild, Brustbild, in: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05016

Amanda Lindner als Maria Stuart, Rollenbild, Kniestück, in: Friedrich Schiller: Maria Stuart

Signatur des Originals: S 36/F05226