{"product_id":"john-stuart-mill-and-the-janice-carlisle-9780820337906","title":"John Stuart Mill and the Writing of Character","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his essay \u003ci\u003eOn Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, John Stuart Mill writes that a person \"whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steamengine has a character.\" Although Mill never devoted an essay or treatise solely to character, Janice Carlisle argues that the subject was central to his writings on politics, philosophy, science, literature, sociology, and psychology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis interdisciplinary study proposes a comprehensive reevaluation of the links between Mill's experience and his writings, and it does so by examining such larger issues as the relation between gender and profession in Victorian culture and the nature of autobiographical writing. Moreover, the questions that interested Mill provide a historical perspective on current debates about the relative value of theory and practice or the construction of individuals by social and political forces beyond their control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with genuine sympathy for the conflicts between Mill's ambitions and his circumstances, this study recognizes that his impulses toward self-defeat were confirmed and complicated by his culture. Far from the detached thinker that he strove to become in his writings, Mill emerges here as a man whose personal failures of vision on some issues are as revealing and compelling as his insights into others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janice Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820337900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820337906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Janice Carlisle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120343216383,"sku":"9780820337906","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6779053-9960-45a6-9130-66989785556f.jpg?v=1687413811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-stuart-mill-and-the-janice-carlisle-9780820337906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}