Wisdom and the Senses: The Way of Creativity

Erikson, Joan M.

ISBN 10: 0393025918 / ISBN 13: 9780393025910

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988

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Synopsis:

Drawing on the Eriksonian theory of the life cycle, a parallel is shown between the growth and creation of self and the creation of art, focusing on the utilization of the senses as an integral part of achieving our potential

Reviews: This intelligent, idiosyncratic examination of the intellectual and emotional life cycle enlarges on Erik Erikson's now institutionalized psychological development theory, the basis for his former co-author and wife's present study of art's contribution to the wisdom attributed to old age. Hypothesizing that "creative experience demands of us only that which is genuinely our own . . . our personal, accrued store of sense data," Mrs. Erikson calls upon her fund of knowledge about Eastern and Western philosophy, the creative arts, and the lives of her dedicated artist friends to offer readers with imagination an engaging study of the play between creating and aging. Recommended for general as well as academic collections. Francisca Goldsmith, Golden Gate Univ. Lib., San Francisco
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Wisdom and the Senses: The Way of Creativity
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good