Garber Marjorie Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession 9780374120856

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Автор: Garber Marjorie
Название: Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession
ISBN: 9780374120856
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
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ISBN-10: 0374120854
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 464
Вес: 0.78 кг.
Дата издания: 23.06.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 147 x 38
Поставляется из: США
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A spirited, engaging investigation into the concept of character, an enduring human obsession in literature, psychology, politics, and everyday life

What is character? How can it be measured, developed, or built? Are character traits fixed or changeable? Is character innate, or can it be taught?

Since Aristotles Poetics, philosophers, moralists, artists, and scientists have engaged with the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, character derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation, observable in works of art or in scientific experiments. It is an ingredient in drama and the focus of self-help books.

As Marjorie Garber explores in Character, character seems more relevant than ever--the term is omnipresent in discussions of politics, sexuality, ethics, morality, and the psyche. But it seems to carry an unusually wide range of meanings, some disconcertingly at odds with others.

Why are character flaws of such great interest today, whether in political campaigns, personal relationships, or the biographies (and autobiographies) of famous people, living and dead? What does character, in this moral or ethical sense, have to do with the concept of a character in a novel or a play? Are our notions about fictional characters in fact helping to produce our ideas about moral character?

The question of character arises in virtually every area of modern life. And in every case, there is the same fundamental tension: between something regarded as innate or intrinsic to the individual, and something that can be taught or copied. With characteristic verve, humor, and vast erudition, Garber explores the stakes of these conflations, confusions, and heritages, from Aristotle and Shakespeare to the present preoccupation with character issues, character assassination, and the character flaws of public figures.

Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession, Garber Marjorie