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Reconsideration of the social philosophies of A Comte and J.S. Mill from the viewpoint of gender

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16520020
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Philosophy/Ethics
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

MUNAKATA Satoshi  Kobe University, Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies, Professor (40135504)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Keywordsgender / norms / A. Comte / J. S. Mill / Positivism
Research Abstract

While striving together for a new philosophy grounded solely on the scientifically corroborated facts, A. Comte and J. S. Mill established, from the viewpoint of gender, totally contrasting social philosophies. Comte, relying upon his belief in the essential difference between men and women, advocated the importance of women's role, particularly in his later thought, in the Religion of Humanity based on love. On the contrary, Mill believed that difference deriving mainly from their different upbringings so as to advocate the liberation of women in a future free society from the restraints conventionally imposed on them. Both of them, however, were seriously influenced, in their formation of ideas concerning gender, by particular women they each were acquainted and fell in love with, that is, Clotilde de Vaux for Comte and Harriet Taylor for Mill.
From the early 20th century onwards there appeared many books about the relationship between Comte and women, written by such writers as Raymu … More ndo Teixeira Mendes, Charles de Rouvre, Emile Corra, Maurice Wolf, Mecca M. Varney, Andre Therive and so on, all naturally centering on Clotilde. Among others Varney's book sums up the subject, by taking up not only Clotilde but also Comte's mother, his sister, his wife and his maidservant, though it reveals a not uncommon weakness, that is, prevailing one-sided man's point of view. As for Mill, F. A. Hayek's study has led to an argument among Mill's scholars, such as Michael St. J. Packe, Ruth Borchard, H. O. Pappe, Josephine Kamm, concerning Harriet Taylor's intellectual influence on Mill. In addition, Jo Ellen Jacobs has recently published The Complete Works of Harriet Taylor Mill and her biography. Her works are remarkable for adopting Harriet's perspective, not John's. We reexamine in this report the place of norms over gender in the social philosophies of Comte and Mill, particularly concentrating upon personal influences of women on them in this respect, with Varney and Jacob's works as chief reference sources, while paying attention to the gender-bias which can slip into the study of the history of ideas. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2008 2007 2004

All Journal Article (4 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Philosophical Education as an Institu-tion2008

    • Author(s)
      Satoshi MUNAKATA
    • Journal Title

      Takashi lids, Kunitake Ito, Tatsuo Inoue, et. al.(eds.) Iwanami Course in Philosophy 15 : Philosophy in Transformation(forthcoming)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Mersenne and Gassendi2007

    • Author(s)
      Satoshi MUNAKATA
    • Journal Title

      Michio KOBAYASHI(ed.) A History of Philosophy(Tyuou-Koronshinsya) Vol. 5

      Pages: 115-154

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] What guarantees the Ties of Society ; A Consideration based on the arguments in French Enlighten-ment2004

    • Author(s)
      Satoshi MUNAKATA
    • Journal Title

      Kazuyoshi ABIKO, Mitsuo TANIMOTO(eds.) For Beginners in the Philosophy on Publicness, Sekaishisousya

      Pages: 229-243

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 社会の絆を保障するものは何なのか:フランス啓蒙思想に即して2004

    • Author(s)
      宗像 惠
    • Journal Title

      公共性の哲学を学ぶ人のために(安彦・谷本編)(世界思想社刊) (所収)

      Pages: 229-243

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「メルセンヌとガッサンディ」, 小林道夫編『哲学の歴史5』2007

    • Author(s)
      宗像 惠
    • Publisher
      中央公論新社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 「社会の絆を保障するものは何か:フランス啓蒙思想に即して」, 安彦一恵・谷本光男編『公共性の哲学を学ぶ人のために』2004

    • Author(s)
      宗像 惠
    • Publisher
      世界思想社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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