{"product_id":"john-stuart-mill-and-the-writing-of-character-paperback","title":"John Stuart Mill and the Writing of Character - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanice Carlisle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanice Carlisle is a professor of English at Yale University. She is the author or editor of numerous books including \"Common Scents: Comparative Encounters in High- Victorian Fiction\" and a critical edition of \"Great Expectations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757847806240,"sku":"9780820337906","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/13b3a36546c0bd26c0c803cd905a282b.webp?v=1780113080","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/john-stuart-mill-and-the-writing-of-character-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}