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Erik H. Erikson · 1968
A comprehensive exploration of identity formation across the human life cycle, examining identity confusion, youth development, and contemporary social issues through psychoanalytic theory and clinical observation. Erikson synthesizes two decades of essays and research to establish identity as a central concept in human development.
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Identity is not a fixed achievement but a lifelong psychosocial negotiation between inner continuity and the demands of history.
self-and-identity
identity is never 'established' as an 'achievement' in the form of a personality armor, or of anything static and unchangeable
IYC-RC-008the young person must feel a progressive continuity between that which he has come to be during the long years of childhood and that which he promises to become
IYC-RC-039the pride of gaining a strong identity may signify an inner emancipation from a more dominant group identity
IYC-RC-007education-and-formation
a sense of basic trust is the first component of mental vitality to develop in life… each comes to its ascendance, meets its crisis, and finds its lasting solution
IYC-RC-042in times of change one generation differs so much from another that items of tradition often become disturbance
IYC-RC-047faith-and-doubt
it is organized religion which systematizes and socializes the first and deepest conflict in life… it makes comprehensible the vague discomfort of basic mistrust by giving it a metaphysical reality
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