Publication

1993 - W.W. Norton

Language

English

Word Count

111,250 words, Guess

Page Count

445 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number93011229

Classifications

  • LCCHQ781 .E75 1993

Description

Combining the insights of clinical psychoanalysis with a (then) new approach to cultural anthropology, this book is considered a landmark work on the social significance of childhood. The author examines the relationships between childhood training and cultural accomplishment, analyzing the infantile and the mature, the modern and the archaic elements in human motivation.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Childhood and SocietyW.W. Norton1993-01-01

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