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Erik Erikson and the American Psyche - Ego, Ethics, and Evolution (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,341
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Erik Erikson and the American Psyche - Ego, Ethics, and Evolution (Paperback): Daniel Burston

Erik Erikson and the American Psyche - Ego, Ethics, and Evolution (Paperback)

Daniel Burston

Series: Psychological Issues

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Erik Erikson and the American Psyche is an intellectual biography which explores Erikson's contributions to the study of infancy, childhood and ethical development in light of ego psychology, object-relations theory, Lacanian theory and other major trends in psychoanalysis. It analyses Erikson's famous portraits of Luther, Gandhi and Jesus, and his own ambiguous religious identity, in the context of his anguished childhood and adolescence, and his repeated emphasis on the need for strong intergenerational bonds to insure mental health throughout the life cycle. Given Erikson's persistent efforts to harmonize psychoanalysis with history and the human sciences, it interprets his invention of psychohistory as a 'pseudo-schism' which enabled Erikson to throw off the stifling constraints of Freudian orthodoxy, disclosing the personal and intellectual tensions that prevailed between him and many leaders of the International Psychoanalytic Association. Finally, it demonstrates the enduring relevance of Erikson's unique perspective on human development to our increasingly screen-saturated, drug addled postmodern - or 'posthuman' - culture, and the ways in which his posthumous neglect foreshadows the possible death of psychoanalysis in North America.

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Imprint: Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Series: Psychological Issues
Release date: December 2006
First published: December 2006
Authors: Daniel Burston
Dimensions: 231 x 154 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 978-0-7657-0495-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-7657-0495-1
Barcode: 9780765704955

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