Contexts of John Stuart Mill's liberalism - politics and the science of society in Victorian Britain

Abstract

<i>Introduction</i>: This book, hereafter referred to as <i>Contexts</i>, is the fourth volume in the series <i>Politics-Debates-Concepts</i> by Nomos. The series publishes interdisciplinary studies of politics, focused on the history of political concepts, conceptual change, and the interplay between ‘political theories and political practices’. López’s work squares perfectly within this setting. In line with her intellectual forerunners, Reinhardt Koselleck, Quentin Skinner and Kari Palonen, she locates basic political concepts in speech-acts directed towards prevalent social and political issues.