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Erickson postulates that a space-time orientation provided by a viable worldview is, complimentary to the inner work of the individual psyche and is attuned to its multiple functions. In a central chapter, the author links the phylogeny and the ontogeny of worldviews by describing stages in the ritualization of everyday life--that is, the interplay of customs (including the use of language) with from birth to death convey and confirm the "logic" of the visions predominant or contending in a society. He emphasizes the playful and yet compelling power of viable ritualization to connect individual growth with the maintenance of a vital institutions; but he also illustrates the fateful tendency of human interplay to turn into self-deception and collusion, of ritualization to become deadly ritualism--and of visions to end in nightmares of alienation and distraction. Erickson advocates the pooling of interdisciplinary insights in order to clarify the conscious and unconscious motivation which works for or against the more universal and more insightful worldview essential in a technological age.
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A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Erik H. Erikson was renowned worldwide as teacher, clinician, and theorist in the field of psychoanalysis and human development.
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Toys and Reasons: Stages in the Ritualization of Experience (Open Forum Series)
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Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1978
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of sh elf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in protective clear cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Book explores the relationship of chilhood play to political imagination: relations between make-believe and belief, playful vision and serious theory, theatre and the theatres of politics and war, ritualization of everyday life, visions of reality and it's manifestation in art, psycholo-analysis, science and the American Dream. Yow. Keywords: Relationship, Chilhood play, Political Imagination, Relations, Make-Believe, Belief, Playful vision, Theory, Theatre, Theatres, Politics, War, Ritualization, Everyday life, Visions of Reality, Manifestation, Art, Psycholo-analysis, Science, American Dream. Seller Inventory # 152826