description: Containing accounts of the author's field work among Sioux and Yurok Indians, and an examination of the American, German and Russian characters, this is an interpretation of human life on psychological lines. Using case histories as springboards for theoretical discussion of the formative years of childhood, Professor Erikson identifies human life as a delicate balance between bodily, mental and social influences. The main chapters are devoted to anxiety in young children, apathy in American Indians, confusion in veterans of war, and arrogance in young Nazis.
language: English
title: Childhood and Society
titlecomplete: Childhood and Society
genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Education, Childrens, Psychology, Social Science, Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Parenting
ratings_count: 1494
publisher: Vintage Books USA