{"product_id":"on-personality","title":"On Personality","description":"\u003cp\u003eWarm, sensitive, creative, outgoing, cheeky, creepy. Scan any personal ads page and it's clear that to get a life you need a personality first. It is also a notion with a long and often bizarre history: in early Greece and medieval Europe, it was thought to depend on the balance of bile in the body. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Personality\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoughtful and stimulating look under the skin of this widely-used but little understood phenomenon. Peter Goldie points out that we rely on personality to do a lot of work: describe, judge, understand, explain and predict others as well as ourselves. Is it really up to this task? If personality is about 'character', is it a relic of a bygone Victorian age? If personality is so reliable, how can a virtue in one person be a vice in another?\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a great range of philosophers, novelists and films, from Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche to Joseph Conrad, \u003cem\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBridget Jones' Diary\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Goldie also discusses some famous psychology experiments. If personality is a reliable guide to predicting what people will do, he reflects on why people often surprise us and asks whether personality is simply down to chance and circumstance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Personality \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for anyone interested in this fascinating but slippery concept. It will also make you think twice before writing your CV.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236127756632,"sku":"9780415305143","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415305143_3a17a8aa-9049-4e68-96d1-f2f7c5503643.jpg?v=1777270543","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/on-personality","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}