The Future of Identity: Centennial Reflections on the Legacy of Erik Erikson Contributor(s): Hoover, Kenneth (Editor), Coles, Robert (Contribution by), Erickson, Lena Klintbjer (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739108034 ISBN-13: 9780739108031 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: Erik Erikson's lifetime of clinical and interdisciplinary work on human development centered on the formation and maintenance of identity among people of diverse backgrounds. In this volume key scholars of identity from various disciplines, some who knew and worked with Erikson, discuss and assess his legacy. Truly trans-disciplinary in scope Erikson and his scholarship begs to be revisited by psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and students of cultural studies. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - History | Essays |
Dewey: 150.195 |
LCCN: 2004004986 |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.36" W x 9.02" (0.74 lbs) 180 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As the world bears witness to the terror and warfare provoked by people's sense of who they are, how they are regarded, and what they deserve, we have entered into the 'age of identity.' Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was the prophet of this new age. His lifetime of clinical and interdisciplinary work on human development focused on the formation and maintenance of identity among people of diverse backgrounds: black, white, and Native American; rich, middle class, and poor; male and female. In this volume scholars from various disciplines, some who knew, worked with, and became good friends of Erikson, discuss and assess his legacy, and investigate the challenges that identity brings to the contemporary world. Contributions to this volume frame the challenge identity poses to contemporary scholarship through Erikson's own work, research in empirical and clinical psychology, individual and rational choice theories, Marxism, democratic theories of political participation, fundamentalism, and globalization . Through the book's truly trans-disciplinary scope, Erikson and his scholarship beg to be revisited by psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and students of interdisciplinary social sciences and humanities. |