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1950 book by Erik Erikson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of childhood by the psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.[1]
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Author | Erik Erikson |
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Language | English |
Subject | Childhood |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Co |
Publication date | 1950 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 445 |
ISBN | 039331068X |
Erikson discusses the social significance of childhood,[1] introducing ideas such as the eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".[2]
Childhood and Society was the first of Erikson's books to become popular.[2] The critic Frederick Crews calls the work "a readable and important book extending Freud's developmental theory."[3] The Oxford Handbook of Identity names Erikson as the seminal figure in "the developmental approach of understanding identity".[4]
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