Identity and the Life Cycle
25 August 1994
Description
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.
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.
"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.
Also By: Erik H. Erikson 
The Erik Erikson Reader
Paperback, 2001
"This volume, ably assembled and introduced by Robert Coles, presents the Essential Erikson."—Howard Gardner
The Life Cycle Completed
Extended Version, Paperback, 1998
"This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert Coles
A Way of Looking at Things: Selected Papers, 1930-1980
Paperback, 1995
Erik H. Erikson's way of looking at things has contributed significantly to the understanding of human development and the nature of man.
Identity: Youth and Crisis
Paperback, 1995
Identity: Youth and Crisis collects Erik H. Erikson's major essays on topics originating in the concept of the adolescent identity crisis.
Insight and Responsibility
Paperback, 1995
In the six essays contained in this text the author reflects on the ethical implications of psychoanalytical insight.