Childhood and Society
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Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of
childhood by the psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.[1]
Summary
Erikson discusses the social significance of childhood,eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".[2]
Reception
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]
References
- ^ a b Paul Roazen, 'Childhood and Society', International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Reprinted online at answers.com.
- ^ a b "Childhood and Society". W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ISBN 0-9515922-5-4.
- ISBN 9780199936564
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