The Verbal Portrait: Erik H. Erikson's Contribution to Psychoanalytic Discourse
This article makes the case that Erik H. Erikson developed a form of psychoanalytic discoursethe verbal portraitwhich, although not unprecedented, became a focal feature of his work, and the testing ground for the cogency of his major contribution to psychoanalysis (the concept of identity). It su...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2011]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2011, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 880-898 |
| Further subjects: | B
Concept of identity
B Mauice Grosser B Memorial service B Despair B Martin Luther B Stephen Schlein B William James B Ralph Waldo Emerson B Verbal portrait B Psychoanalytic Discourse B Portrait painting B Generativity B Joan M. Erikson B Richard Brilliant B Sigmund Freud B Ruth Benedict B Erik H. Erikson B Integrity |
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| Summary: | This article makes the case that Erik H. Erikson developed a form of psychoanalytic discoursethe verbal portraitwhich, although not unprecedented, became a focal feature of his work, and the testing ground for the cogency of his major contribution to psychoanalysis (the concept of identity). It suggests that Erikson was inspired to develop the verbal portrait because he came to psychoanalysis from art and was, in fact, a portrait artist. Drawing especially on the work of Richard Brilliant, it presents the view that a portrait is a portrayal of the subject's identity and goes on to show how Erikson's memorial to the cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict is representative of the verbal portrait. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-011-9515-3 |