Dimensions of a New Identity

by Erik H. Erikson

Book Overview

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.

In the first lecture, entitled "The Founders: Jeffersonion Action and Faith," Erikson uses selected themes from Jefferson's life to illustrate some principles of psychohistory. In the second lecture, "The Inheritors: Modern Insight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393055159
• ISBN13: 9780393055153
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Self

If your dissertation or thesis has to do with the "self"; this book is a must read.