This collection presents the most significant contributions of the last century on personality theory, including classical papers on critical theories of personality, and cross-cultural and social approaches.

Volume I: Major Themes and Theoretical Approaches Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality 1. New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis S. Freud 2. Psychological Types. From Contributions to Analytical Psychology C.G. Jung 3. The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology A. Adler 4. Our Inner Conflicts K. Horney 5. The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry H.S. Sullivan 6. Childhood and Society E.H. Erikson 7. Explorations in Personality H.A. Murray 8. Attachment and Loss J. Bowlby Human Potential, Phenomenological Approaches 9. Client-centered Therapy C.R. Rogers 10. Motivation and Personality A.H. Maslow 11. Some Basic Propositions of a Growth and Self-actualization Psychology A.H. Maslow Trait Approaches 12. Personality: A Psychological Interpretation G.W. Allport 13. Traits Revisited G.W. Allport 14. Personality and Motivation Theory Based on Structural Measurement R.B. Cattell 15. The Scientific Analysis of Personality R.B.Cattell 16. The Structure of Human Personality H.J. Eysenck 17. Personality, Genetics and Behaviour H.J. Eysenck 18. Dimensions of Personality: 16,5, or 3? - Criteria for a Taxonomic Paradigm H.J. Eysenck 19. An Introduction to the Five-factor Model and its Applications R.R. McCrae and O.P. John 20. Four Ways Five Factors are Basic P.T. Costa Jr. and R.R. MacRae 21. The Structure of Phenotypic Personality Traits L.R. Goldberg Cognitive Approaches 22. Social Foundations of Thought and Action A. Bandura 23. Toward a Cognitive Social Learning Reconceptualization of Personality W. Mischel 24. From Thought to Behaviour: "Having" and "Doing" in the Study of Personality and Cognition N.Cantor Interactionism 25. Personality Development from An Interactional Perspective D. Magnusson Evolutionary Theory 26. Evolutionary Personality Psychology D.M. Buss Volume II: Theoretical Approaches - Relevant Research and Issues Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Approaches 27. Theory and Experiment Relating Psychoanalytic Displacement to Stimulus-response Generalization N.E. Miller 28. Experimental Approaches to Psychoanalysis E.R. Hilgard 29. The Illusion of Mental Health J. Shedler, M. Mayman and M.Manis Erikson 30. Development and Validation of Ego-Identity Status J.E. Marcia Murray 31. The Effect of the Need for Achievement on Thematic Apperception D.C. McClelland, R.A. Clark, T.B. Roby and J.W. Atkinson Bowlby 32. Romantic Love Conceptualized as an Attachment Process C.Hazan and P.R. Shaver Human Potential, Phenomenological Approaches Rogers 33. Self-perception, Perceptual Defense, and Adjustment B. Chodorko