description: Among the topics covered Freud's discovery that the human mind can only be studied thru a partnership between observer &amp; observed; how clinical evidence is made up of a unique mixture of subjective &amp; objective; an observation on the way issues of identity affect not only individuals but classes of people; &amp; an examination of the links between ego formation &amp; institutions &amp; traditions. Erikson also discusses the origins of ethics &amp; looks at psychiatry as the pragmatic Western version of the universal journey to self-awareness.
language: English
title: Insight and Responsibility
titlecomplete: Insight and Responsibility
genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
ratings_count: 31
publisher: W.W. Norton & Company