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Language English Pages 445 Originally published 1950 Page count 445 | 4/5 Goodreads Media type Print ISBN 039331068X Subject Childhood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of childhood by Erik H. Erikson.
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Summary
Erikson discusses the social significance of childhood, introducing ideas such as the eight stages of psychosocial development and the concept of an "identity crisis".
Reception
Childhood and Society was the first of Erikson's books to become popular. Literary critic Frederick Crews calls the work "a readable and important book extending Freud's developmental theory."
References
Childhood and Society Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA