Erik H. Erikson

Joan M. Erikson

Featuring a new chapter on a ninth stage of life, "Very Old Age," a study of the developmental stages in the human life cycle examines such themes as the interdependence of history and life history and the definition of maturity

The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version)

Drawing on the Eriksonian theory of the life cycle, a parallel is shown between the growth and creation of self and the creation of art, focusing on the utilization of the senses as an integral part of achieving our potential

The Way of Creativity

Wisdom and the Senses

Helen Q. Kivnick

Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses. The last stage, old age, challenges the individual to rework the past while remaining involved in the present. The authors begin this work with their theory of life's stages through old age. In Part two, they discuss their interviews with twenty-nine octogenarians, on whom life history data has been collected for over fifty years. Part three is a discussion of the life history of the protagonist in Ingmar Bergman's film Wild Strawberries. In Part four, "Old age in our society", the authors offer suggestions for "vital involvement." Erik H. Erikson is winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Joan M. Erikson

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