"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

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

Erik Erikson pioneered the concept of the identity crisis, the interdependence of history and life history, and postulated that maturity is not the end of psych

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 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