Erik H. Erikson
A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Erik H. Erikson was renowned worldwide as teacher, clinician, and theorist in the field of psychoanalysis and human development.
Books by Erik H. Erikson
The landmark work on the social significance of childhood.More
The two lectures presented in this important volume were delivered by Erik H. Erikson at the second annual Jefferson Lectures in the Humanities, sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanitites.More
"This volume, ably assembled and introduced by Robert Coles, presents the Essential Erikson."—Howard GardnerMore
In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.More
Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity development in adolescence.More
Identity: Youth and Crisis collects Erik H. Erikson's major essays on topics originating in the concept of the adolescent identity crisis.More
In the six essays contained in this text the author reflects on the ethical implications of psychoanalytical insight.More
Extended Version
"This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert ColesMore
In a moment in our history beset with grave doubts, Erik H. Erickson inquires into the nature and structure of the shared visions which invigorate some eras and seemed so fatefully lacking in others. He illustrates the human propensity for play and vision, from the toy world of childhood to the dream life of adults, and from the artist's imagination to the scientist's reason. Finally, he enlarges on the origins and structure of one shared vision of universal significance, namely, the American Dream. Such a worldview, he concludes, consists of both vision and counter vision (political and religious, economic and technological, artistic and scientific) which vie with each other to give a coherent meaning to shared realities and to liberate individual and communal energy.More
Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.More
Erik H. Erikson's way of looking at things has contributed significantly to the understanding of human development and the nature of man.More
In this psychobiography, Erik H. Erikson brings his insights on human
development and the identity crisis to bear on the prominent figure of
the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther.More