Insight and Responsibility: Lectures on the Ethical Implications of Psychoanalytical Insight (Norton Paperback)

Erik H. Erikson

ISBN 10: 0393312143 / ISBN 13: 9780393312140

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1972

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Insight and Responsibility: Lectures on the Ethical Implications of Psychoanalytical Insight (Norton Paperback)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393312143
• ISBN 13: 9780393312140
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In the six essays contained in this text the author reflects on the ethical implications of psychoanalytical insight. Among the topics covered are: Freud's discovery that the human mind can only be studied through a partnership between observer and observed; how clinical evidence is made up of a unique mixture of subjective and objective; an observation on the way issues of identity affect not only individuals but classes of people; and an examination of the links between ego formation and institutions and traditions. Erikson also discusses the origins of ethics and looks at psychiatry as the pragmatic Western version of the universal journey to self-awareness.

About the Author

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.