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1950 book by Erik Erikson
Childhood and Society
Cover of the first edition
AuthorErik Erikson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChildhood
PublisherW. W. Norton & Co
Publication date1950
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages445
ISBN039331068X

Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of childhood by the psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.

Summary

Erikson discusses the social significance of childhood, introducing ideas such as the eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".

Reception

Childhood and Society was the first of Erikson's books to become popular. The critic Frederick Crews calls the work "a readable and important book extending Freud's developmental theory." The Oxford Handbook of Identity names Erikson as the seminal figure in "the developmental approach of understanding identity".

References

  1. ^ Paul Roazen, 'Childhood and Society', International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Reprinted online at answers.com.
  2. ^ "Childhood and Society". W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  3. Crews, Frederick (1970). Psychoanalysis and Literary Process. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Winthrop Publishers, Inc. p. 286. ISBN 0-9515922-5-4.
  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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