Erik H. Erikson's America: The political implications of ego psychology

Roazen, Paul

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“…From a sociological perspective, Erikson has been accused of having ‘a conformist cast to his psychosocial perspective … using his psychology to buttress the conventional pieties of post-World War II political ideology’ ( Roazen, 1980 : 339). Roazen among others criticised him for too readily accepting the nature of the American society in which he forged his own identity.…”

Section: Erik Erikson’s Model Of Adult Developmentmentioning

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Connecting Life Span Development with the Sociology of the Life Course: A New Direction

Gilleard¹,

Higgs²

2015

Sociology

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The life course has become a topic of growing interest within the social sciences. Attempts to link this sub-discipline with life span developmental psychology have been called for but with little sign of success. In this paper, we seek to address three interlinked issues concerning the potential for a more productive interchange between life course sociology and life span psychology. The first is to try to account for the failure of these two sub-disciplines to achieve any deepening engagement with each other, despite the long-expressed desirability of that goal; the second is to draw attention to the scope for enriching the sociology of the life course through Erik Erikson’s model of life span development; and the last is the potential for linking Eriksonian theory with current debates within mainstream sociology about the processes involved in ‘individualisation’ and ‘self-reflexivity’ as an alternative entry point to bring together these two fields of work.

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Section: Erik Erikson’s Model Of Adult Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Connecting Life Span Development with the Sociology of the Life Course: A New Direction

Gilleard¹,

Higgs²

2015

Sociology

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“…His theory emphasises development, not differences. It is as strong as his vision, and his vision was clearly affected by the circumstances of his own life, his experiences of the history he lived through and the peoples and communities with whom he worked (Douvan 1997;Friedman 2004;Roazen 1980). Thus, his work on identity caught the spirit of the times.…”

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“…In elaborating this model, Erikson drew heavily upon biographical resources, particularly those of major historical figures such as Ghandi and Luther (Erikson 1958(Erikson , 1969(Erikson , 1975. His model of psychosocial development has been the subject of much research, conceptual elaboration and radical critiques (Coles 1970;Friedman 1999;Hoare 2002;Newton & Stewart 2012;Roazen 1980). Perhaps, the most long-lasting value of his work, however, lies in its underlying message, as much moral as it is empirical, that human development extends beyond the mere achievement of adult form and reproductive fitness into old age.…”

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Int J Ageing Later Life

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“…Ego psychology was characterized by its rejection of the view that the ego is 'the helpless rider of the id horse' (Sylvander, 1962: 110), which was characteristic of the European psychoanalytical tradition. Instead Sylvander drew on American representatives of the approach, such as Eric H. Ericson and David Rapaport (Roazen, 1980). Her discussion of ego psychology in relation to child therapy emphasized how the aim of psychotherapy was to assess and support child ego development.…”

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Psychodynamics in child psychiatry in Sweden, 1945–85: from political vision to treatment ideology

Nelson

Sandin

2013

Hist Psychiatry

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In this article, changing treatment ideologies and policies in child psychiatric outpatient services in Sweden from 1945 to 1985 are examined. The aim is to discuss the role played by psychoanalytic and psychodynamic thinking in this process of change. When mental health services for children were introduced in the mid-1940s, psychoanalytic thinking was intertwined with the social democratic vision of the Swedish welfare state in which children symbolized the future. In practice, however, treatment ideology was initially less influenced by psychoanalytic thinking. From the early 1960s, child psychiatric services expanded and the number of units increased. By then, the political vision had disappeared, but a treatment ideology began to evolve based on psychodynamic theories, which became dominant in the 1970s.

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Erik H. Erikson's America: The political implications of ego psychology

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Connecting Life Span Development with the Sociology of the Life Course: A New Direction

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Psychodynamics in child psychiatry in Sweden, 1945–85: from political vision to treatment ideology

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