{"product_id":"2026200015609-secondhand-essays-on-politics-and-culture","title":"Essays On Politics And Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of democratic idealism and Victorian intellectual rigour stands John Stuart Mill, one of the most formidable minds of the nineteenth century — and Essays on Politics and Culture gathers his most penetrating writings on the great questions of public life. Edited and introduced by Gertrude Himmelfarb, this carefully curated collection addresses crucial issues: mass culture and mass society, the dilemmas of democracy, the role of religion in an age of science, and the thorny question of expediency in foreign policy. Mill's prose is at once precise and impassioned, marshalling argument with the calm authority of a philosopher who genuinely believed that ideas could reshape civilisation.\n\nHimmelfarb's scholarly introduction situates each essay within the broader currents of nineteenth-century liberal thought, illuminating how Mill's ideas anticipated debates that remain urgently alive today — about the tyranny of public opinion, the limits of state power, and the moral responsibilities of free citizens. Whether one approaches this volume as a student of political philosophy or as a general reader hungry for intellectual depth, Mill's unflinching honesty and analytical brilliance will leave an indelible mark. What does it mean to be truly free in a democratic society? Mill asked that question with devastating clarity — and his answers are far from settled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203223396571,"sku":"2026200015609-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6a3dae64-5eb6-4c25-a6e0-135c8aff1915.png?v=1788146123","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015609-secondhand-essays-on-politics-and-culture","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}