Vital Invovement in Old Age

Informationen zum Autor 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. 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. Klappentext The last stage, old age, challenges the individual to rework the past while remaining involved in the present. The authors begin this work with their theory of life's stages through old age. In Part two, they discuss their interviews with twenty-nine octogenarians, on whom life history data has been collected for over fifty years. Part three is a discussion of the life history of the protagonist in Ingmar Bergman's film Wild Strawberries. In Part four, "Old age in our society", the authors offer suggestions for "vital involvement." Erik H. Erikson is winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Zusammenfassung Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Erik Erikson, Erik H. Erikson, Erik Homburger Erikson, Joan Erikson, Joan M. Erikson, Erikson Erik H., Erikson Joan M., Helen Kivnick, Helen Q. Kivnick, Kivnick Helen Q.
• Edition: Norton and Co Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 25.01.1995
• EAN: 9780393312164
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31216-4
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 208 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Santé; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: the elderly, Age groups: the elderly / old age