Social Psychology, Child Rearing & Development, Developmental Psychology, Teenagers - General & Miscellaneous, Relationships - Interpersonal
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Overview
Generativity and Adult Development brings together the most creative and informed contemporary thinking and research being done on the psychological, social, and cultural aspects of generativity in adult lives. The book draws together a roster of scholars from the fields of life-span development, personality and social psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, and the arts. The reader will find here a host of stimulating ideas, new research findings, and clinical wisdom about how adults fashion their lives in ways designed to promote the ensuing generations and to leave an enduring legacy that will outlive the self.Editorials
Booknews
A multidisciplinary treatment of the whole range of activities by which mature adults produce a generation to follow them; the concept and name were developed by Erik Erikson some 50 years ago. The topics include scenes from a relationship between father and son, Plato's unrecognized theory of generativity, contours of social structure and quality of life, the Holocaust experience, and intergenerational buffers. Case studies look at Frank Lloyd Wright and Martha Graham. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 31, 1998
Publisher
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1998.
Pages
511
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781557984708