Childhood and Society
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| Author | Erik Erikson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Childhood |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Co |
Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 445 |
| ISBN | 039331068X |
Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of childhood by the psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.[1]
Summary
[edit]Erikson discusses the social significance of childhood,[1] introducing ideas such as the eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".[2]
Reception
[edit]Childhood and Society was the first of Erikson's books to become popular.[2] The critic Frederick Crews calls the work "a readable and important book extending Freud's developmental theory."[3] The Oxford Handbook of Identity names Erikson as the seminal figure in "the developmental approach of understanding identity".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Paul Roazen, 'Childhood and Society', International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Reprinted online at answers.com.
- ^ a b "Childhood and Society". W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ Crews, Frederick (1970). Psychoanalysis and Literary Process. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Winthrop Publishers, Inc. p. 286. ISBN 0-9515922-5-4.
- ^ McLean, Kate C.; Syed, Moin; McLean, Kate C.; Syed, Moin (2015-01-01), "The Field of Identity Development Needs an Identity", The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199936564.013.023, ISBN 9780199936564
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