Multiplicity: The New Science of Personality, Identity, and the Self

Multiplicity: The New Science of Personality, Identity, and the SelfMultiplicity presents an entirely new view of our selves. Instead of seeing each person as a single personality, Carter argues that we all consist of multiple characters, each one with its own viewpoint, emotions and ambitions. The mother who feeds breakfast to her children, for example, has quite different concerns and opinions from the woman taking part in a boardroom discussion two hours later, and from the woman she will be with her husband that

Multiplicity presents an entirely new view of our selves. Instead of seeing each person as a single personality, Carter argues that we all consist of multiple characters, each one with its own viewpoint, emotions and ambitions. The mother who feeds breakfast to her children, for example, has quite different concerns and opinions from the woman taking part in a boardroom discussion two hours later, and from the woman she will be with her husband that night. Yet all three may share the same body, and none is any more "authentic" than another.

Personality changes in a person are conventionally frowned upon, but Carter shows that in today's world our ability to switch from one personality to another according to what is demanded of us is a huge strength, providing one's personalities work together as a team rather than against each other. In addition to its groundbreaking scientific thesis, Multiplicity contains extensive exercises designed to help readers achieve this harmony.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 03/27/2008
ISBN: 9780316115384
Pages: 265
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.31w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/28/2008 pg. 56
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 10