Essays in ego psychology, based on papers written from 1951 to
1967, by a noted neo-Freudian analyst and theorist. The topics are
resonant and weighty: "theory and ideology," "ego pathology and
historical change," "group identity and ego identity" and so forth,
in permutations of the concepts which preoccupied Erikson in Young
Man Luther, Childhood and Society, and Insight and Responsibility.
The essays on totalitarianism and race are of particular interest.
The book represents an elaboration of his earlier studies, not a
distinct progression: there are no important new approaches or
conclusions. Erikson tries to clarify what he calls "the singular
and often erratic public appeal which the terms 'identity' and
'identity conflict' have had during the last two decades" - a
useful undertaking. As for "history," here it chiefly means life
history at different times and places, viewed through the
complexity of cultural influences and life-cycle stages which
Erikson continues to investigate. The book is no better organized
than one would expect in a collection of revamped papers; Erikson's
style is still civilized and confident, but perhaps a bit tired.
The essays will have limited interest and intelligibility for those
not already acquainted with his work. Unlikely to become a classic
like Luther, it provides a useful gloss on his other books, and
adumbrates key areas for future study. (Kirkus Reviews)
Identity: Youth and Crisis collects Erik H. Erikson's major essays on topics originating in the concept of the adolescent identity crisis. Identity, Erikson writes, is an unfathomable as it is all-pervasive. It deals with a process that is located both in the core of the individual and in the core of the communal culture. As the culture changes, new kinds of identity questions arise—Erikson comments, for example, on issues of social protest and changing gender roles that were particular to the 1960s.
Representing two decades of groundbreaking work, the essays are not so much a systematic formulation of theory as an evolving report that is both clinical and theoretical. The subjects range from "creative confusion" in two famous lives—the dramatist George Bernard Shaw and the philosopher William James—to the connection between individual struggles and social order. "Race and the Wider Identity" and the controversial "Womanhood and the Inner Space" are included in the collection.
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