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Sunday Feature

Educating Mill

Sunday 11 March 2007 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

An analysis of the psychohistory of the forging of a remarkable mind in Mill's own words and the thoughts of Mill scholars around the world.

John Stuart Mill laid the foundations for modern ideas about freedom - but his own remarkable education by his father is a story of compulsion and manipulation that still resonates today. Was Mill merely the product of a remarkable intellectual experiment? And could this 'thinking machine' ever break free?

Duration:

45 minutes

Playlist:

JS Mill ...... Jamie Glover
James Mill ...... John Dougall

Other readings by Ioan Meredith.

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 29 Apr 07 Ivan Blatny
• 22 Apr 07 Toru Takemitsu
• 15 Apr 07 Akram Khan
• 8 Apr 07 John Dankworth
• 1 Apr 07 Riches From Freetown
• 18 Mar 07 Mind as Machine
• 11 Mar 07 Educating Mill
• 4 Mar 07 Charles Chaplin
• 25 Feb 07 Gibraltar unearthed
• 18 Feb 07 Six Unexpected Days

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