"This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert Coles For decades Erik H. Eri

Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity development

This text is based on an long introduction which the National Institute of Mental Health asked the author to contribute for The Course of Life: Psychoanalytical

The landmark work on the social significance of childhood. The original and vastly influential ideas of Erik H. Erikson underlie much of our understanding of hu

Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses. The last stage, old age