Among the topics covered Freud's discovery that the human mind can only be studied thru a partnership between observer & observed; how clinical evidence is made up of a unique mixture of subjective & objective; an observation on the way issues of identity affect not only individuals but classes of people; & an examination of the links between ego formation & institutions & traditions. Erikson also discusses the origins of ethics & looks at psychiatry as the pragmatic Western version of the universal journey to self-awareness.
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In six essays, Erik H. Erikson reflects here on the ethical implications of psychoanalytic insight. His broad topic include what made Sigmund Freud revolutionary, the work of a clinician, identity and culture, psychology and history, and the origin of ethics.
A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Erik H. Erikson was renowned worldwide as teacher, clinician, and theorist in the field of psychoanalysis and human development.
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