tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post120975244353564668..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: What we do or what others think we are?Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-61232358248886593492011-02-12T22:58:57.507+00:002011-02-12T22:58:57.507+00:00Great passage. Sounds like the Philip Kerr I want ...Great passage. Sounds like the Philip Kerr I want to see after being disappointed by <i>If the Dead Rise Not</i>. This context of actions and perception also touches on the oft-debated German postwar identity issue, of course, though I doubt Kerr was meaning to get too deep. Looking forward to this finally reaching the US -- strange, that it's taking so long.Steve Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238999785269259144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-75972642558322385902011-02-09T01:32:47.818+00:002011-02-09T01:32:47.818+00:00Ooooh, good question. I teach public relations and...Ooooh, good question. I teach public relations and we frequently discuss corporate identity (what the organization thinks it is) vs. corporate image (what outsiders think of it) -- but I'd never considered it at the individual level. But now that you've made me think about it, I'd say they necessarily influence each other.Karen Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826935910848113399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-73711041452654303252011-02-08T19:28:38.455+00:002011-02-08T19:28:38.455+00:00Rob - Fascinating question! I think perception is ...Rob - Fascinating question! I think perception is critical. There's a lot of research, for instance, on the self-fulfilling prophecy (i.e. children who get certain messages about themselves live up to (or down to) those expectations). That said, though, we are also, I think, shaped by what we do. Those actions affect us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com