Identity and the Life Cycle

by Erik H. Erikson

Book Overview

This book collects three early papers that--along with Childhood and Society--many consider the best introduction to Erikson's theories.

"Ego Development and Historical Change" is a selection of extensive notes in which Erikson first undertook to relate to each other observations on groups studied on field trips and on children studied longitudinally and clinically. These notes are representative of the source material used for Childhood and Society.

"Growth and Crises of the Health Personality" takes Erikson beyond adolescence, into the critical stages of the whole life cycle.

In the third and last essay, Erikson deals with "The Problem of Ego Identity" successively from biographical, clinical, and social points of view--all dimensions later pursued separately in his work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393311325
• ISBN13: 9780393311327
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Paternal Style in Tutoring

I really enjoyed reading Erksons book, his style is very paternal and personal a sense of gentleness and understanding pervade the whole of the manuscript.Expound on Frueds theories with detail explanation of the behavioral developement process' within the evolvement of the science of personal mind of onesself and society in general.

Identity and the Life Cycle

The book was delivered to me complete and in the condition that it was sold to me in. I would recommend and use this seller for future transactions.

Erickson's Ident and life cycle is a classic

For those licensed counselors who work with adolescents, Erickson's book is a good review of some basic psychological concepts that form personalities in people of all walks of life. This book is especially good for those that work with youth in foster care and the criminal justice system.

Review of Erikson

I bought this book for school and would have found it to be interesting, even if it weren't a class requirement.