Life Cycle Completed, a Review: A Review - Hardcover

Erik H. Erikson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393016226 ISBN 13: 9780393016222

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983

Synopsis

Originally published as a review of Erik Erikson's complete psychological theory, this book provides a context for Erikson's ideas - the identity crisis, the interdependence of history and life history, the life cycle, and the theory that maturity is not the end of psychological growth. This text covers the ninth stage - that of extreme old age. As human longevity increases, that stage is becoming of increasing importance. Joan Erikson, Erikson's wife, now in her 90s, guides the reader through the challenges of old age, extending Erik Erikson's vision of human development in its major phases.

About this title

About the Author:

Joan Mowat Erikson was born in Canada; she earned her B.A. in Education at Columbia University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a teacher, writer, and craftsman and has worked with gold, silver, and precious stones. She is the author of a previous book, The Universal Bead. She is married to the noted psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.

Review:

This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny. -- Robert Coles

About this edition

• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0393016226
• ISBN 13: 9780393016222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 108