John Stuart Mill, Socialist

Politics & Social Sciences

McCabe, Helen

Politics & Government

McGill-Queen's University Press

Best known as the author of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains a canonical figure in liberalism today. Yet according to his autobiography, by the mid-1840s he placed himself "under the general designation of Socialist." Taking this self-description seriously, John Stuart Mill, Socialist reinterprets Mill's work in its light. Helen McCabe explores the nineteenth-century political economist's core commitments to egalitarianism, social justice, social harmony, and a socialist utopia of cooperation, fairness, and human flourishing. Uncovering Mill's changing relationship with the radicalism of his youth and his excitement about the revolutionary events of 1848, McCabe argues that he saw liberal reforms as solutions to contemporary problems, while socialism was the path to a better future. In so doing, she casts new light on his political theory, including his theory of social progress; his support for democracy; his feminism; his concept of utility; his understanding of individuality; and his account of "the permanent interests of man as a progressive being," which is so central to his famous harm principle. As we look to rebuild the world in the wake of financial crises, climate change, and a global pandemic, John Stuart Mill, Socialist offers a radical rereading of the philosopher and a fresh perspective on contemporary meanings of socialism.

In 2020, the lives of Australian women changed irrevocably. With insight, intelligence and empathy, Jane Gilmore, Santilla Chingaipe and Emily J. Brooks explore this through the lenses of work, love and body, and ask: Will the Australia of tomorrow be more equal than the one we were born into? Or will women and girls remain left behind? While our country was shrouded in smoke in the early months of 2020, Australian women went about their daily business. They worked, studied, cleaned, did school runs, made meals. And they postponed looking after themselves because life got in the way. Then, in March, Australians were told to lock down. For all the talk of equality, it was primarily women who held the health of our communities in their hands as they took on the essential jobs to care, to nurse and to teach, despite an invisible danger. One year later, women across the country would march on behalf of those who were not safe in workplaces and their own homes. Never before has change been thrust so abruptly on modern Australian women - 2020 impacted our working lives, relationships and our health and wellbeing. And as a growing number of women agitate for change, it is time to demand what women want. So where do we go from here? One thing is very clear: the future is now, and it is female.

Work. Love. Body.: Future Women

Literature & Fiction

Rizvi, Jamila

Essays & Correspondence

Hachette Australia

When Love Rides Out

Thorndike Pr

Harriet Taylor Mill is an overlooked figure in the history of political philosophy, ethics, economics and politics, over-shadowed by the fame of her writing partner, and eventual husband, John Stuart Mill. Given that they met at a very early age (when Taylor Mill was twenty-two), and wrote together for over a quarter of a century, it can be hard to distinguish what is 'hers' and what is 'his'. Indeed, maybe we should consider much of Mill's canon as being 'theirs'. Taylor Mill inputted into some extremely famous works, including On Liberty, and her thought, impact and legacy are well worth charting. This Element explores her contribution to political theory; ethics; political economy; and political reform. It draws on close textual analysis of 'her' works and those of Mill (including manuscripts unpublished in her lifetime, and correspondence), as well as interrogating his description of their co-authoring relationship.

Harriet Taylor Mill (Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Cambridge University Press

When horticulture student Cathy Murdoch is offered the chance to restore part of a chateau garden in France, she jumps at the chance. Soon intrigue and a man called Luc fill her time. Large print edition.

A Garden Fair

Romance

Contemporary

Cara had always promised herself that she would return to the Spanish island where she spent so many happy holidays in the past. So she follows her dream and buys a small business near the harbor. Later, she discovers that her shop is threatened by a new development in the area. So Cara turns to an attorney for help. Young, handsome, and wealthy, Xavier seems everything a girl could want. But Cara soon learns that he is not the man she thinks he is ...

Island of Dreams

Danger in the Sun

Chivers

‘He again sounded his pipe in the streets. But it was not rats and mice that came out this time, but children!’  In bleak, post-Ceausescu Romania, psychiatrist Dr Marcu investigates the high incidence of mental illness amongst the women of Arva village, while police inspector Valentin uncovers a horrific history of ritual child rape and murder there.   Meanwhile, in the lakeside town of Sunny Mead, New Hampshire, USA, Diane Durrant hires music teacher Diep Koppelberg as a therapist for her disabled 13-year-old son Pip. But while the rest of the Durrant family are captivated by Koppelberg’s apparent charms, only Pip sees his true ugliness and malice. What unspeakable evil links events in these two very different locations? And can Pip convince his family of the danger they all face – or else deal with it himself …?

Piper (The Piper Trilogy)

Genre Fiction

Telos Publishing Ltd

In bleak post-Ceausescu Romania, while studying the high incidence of mental illness among the women of a remote mountain village, psychiatric researcher Dr. Sasha Marcu uncovers a horrific history of ritual child murder. When Marcu and police inspector Valentin have almost cornered the prime suspect, he appears to die in a plane crash. In the small lakeside town of Sunny Mead, New Hampshire, local cop Dave Durrant and his music teacher wife Diane lead an idyllic life with their three children. When Diane engages new arrival Diep Koppelberg as a therapist for her 13-year-old disabled son Pip, Diep’s charm and exceptional musical talent captivates the community, with Diane and her daughter drawn to him to the point of infatuation. Only Pip sees Diep differentlywhere others see beauty, he sees only ugliness and decay. Where they see benevolence, he sees malice and unspeakable evil. Pip must convince his family of the danger before it is too late, or find a way to confront the threat himself.

Piper

Myrmidon Books

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