Life History and the Historical Moment: Diverse Presentations

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology
Cover of the book Life History and the Historical Moment: Diverse Presentations by Erik H. Erikson, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Erik H. Erikson ISBN: 9780393347357
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: November 17, 1977
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Erik H. Erikson
ISBN: 9780393347357
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: November 17, 1977
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

One of the most powerful (though deceptively simple) of current ideas is Erik H. Erikson's insight into the nature of the interrelationships of the psychogenic development of an individual and the historical development of the times.

This insight, present in all his work beginning with Childhood and Society, and particularly examined in Young Man Luther and Gandhi's Truth, finds full and mature expression in the present book.

Just as Erikson's notion of the identity crisis has been obscured and confused as it has passed into everyday speech, so too have glib popularizers misused his notions of psychobiography and psychohistory. Thus, this book is of supreme importance, not merely to set the record straight, but more especially to make these vital ideas, central to our time, fully available.

"To deal with life history and history psychoanalytically," Erikson points out, "means to engage in a kind of circular chronology: our inquiry always points to selected periods in the past which, in throwing new light on the present, suggest new forays into the more distant past." Consequently, this book opens with autobiography; ranges through discussions of Freud and Gandhi and of the meaning of ideas on womanhood; and concludes with an examination of the role of psychoanalysis in the evolution of ethics.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

One of the most powerful (though deceptively simple) of current ideas is Erik H. Erikson's insight into the nature of the interrelationships of the psychogenic development of an individual and the historical development of the times.

This insight, present in all his work beginning with Childhood and Society, and particularly examined in Young Man Luther and Gandhi's Truth, finds full and mature expression in the present book.

Just as Erikson's notion of the identity crisis has been obscured and confused as it has passed into everyday speech, so too have glib popularizers misused his notions of psychobiography and psychohistory. Thus, this book is of supreme importance, not merely to set the record straight, but more especially to make these vital ideas, central to our time, fully available.

"To deal with life history and history psychoanalytically," Erikson points out, "means to engage in a kind of circular chronology: our inquiry always points to selected periods in the past which, in throwing new light on the present, suggest new forays into the more distant past." Consequently, this book opens with autobiography; ranges through discussions of Freud and Gandhi and of the meaning of ideas on womanhood; and concludes with an examination of the role of psychoanalysis in the evolution of ethics.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Lamb by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Telling the Truth about History by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book House of Stone: A Novel by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Dragonfish: A Novel by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Florida: A History by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book Godless Citizens in a Godly Republic: Atheists in American Public Life by Erik H. Erikson
Cover of the book The Making of a Therapist by Erik H. Erikson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy