1960's Education | Identity: Youth and Crisis

Monograph, Table

By: Erik H. Erikson

Date: 1968

Source: Erikson, Erik H. Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton, 1968, 91–96.

About the Author: Erik H. Erikson (1902–1994) was born in Germany and trained at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute. He moved to the United States in 1933 as the political climate worsened in Europe. Erikson had a private psychiatric practice, worked at the Austin Riggs Center in Massachusetts, and taught at Harvard. Erikson's work on child and human development is considered significant in the field of psychoanalysis.

Introduction

In the preface of Erik H. Erikson's Identity: Youth and Crisis, he tells a story about one of his professors' lectures on ego boundaries, which concludes with the question "Now—have I understood myself?" He maintains that he continues to ask himself that question as he explores...