gandhis truth by erik erikson

GANDHI 'S TRUTH BY ERIK ERIKSON

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Erik Erikson , the world-renowned author of the book Gandhi 's truth has also been popular because of his stages of psychosocial development (Niolon , 2007 . The said stages are enumerated in this manner : Infancy (Birth - 18 months ) wherein the main psychosocial crisis is trust vs . mistrust Toddler (1 1 /2 - 3 years ) which usually involves autonomy vs . shame doubt , Play Age (3-6 years , usually involving the psychosocial crisis of initiative vs . guilt , school age (7-12 years , which often related to industry

vs . inferiority , adolescence (12-19 years , identity vs . role confusion , young adulthood (20-34 years old , intimacy vs . isolation adulthood (35-60 years , generativity vs . stagnation , and finally , late adulthood (60 years and above that is usually associated with the psychosocial crisis integrity vs . despair (Niolon , 2007

This shall look into the book authored by the same person entitled Gandhi 's truth , a book that has been said to be the acclaimed study of Mahatma Gandhi , taking the psychoanalytic theory developed by its author into consideration . This non-fictional literary work shall be analyzed based on the theory developed by the same psychoanalyst together with the discussions obtained from the book Development and Aging by Papalia , Sterns , Feldman and Camp , including s such as health and aging , intelligence and its measurements , creativity , mature thought , wisdom and moral intelligences education , work and leisure etc . It has been a known fact that humans face their decline when they reach a certain age . It is often heard from different people that this kind of decline happens as most people are not as productive as they were once was in their childhood or early adulthood . This is also most prevalent in most senior citizens (Godrej , 2002 . Apparently , for most studies , development stops at a certain stage . On the contrary Erikson 's theory disproves the fact that development stops . In fact , it continues throughout the life cycle . According to the psychoanalyst and author of the very popular book , older people are not finished developing . Older people are said to come up to terms with their own morality , making them look deeper into their while lives . More often than not , they look back to the good times with gladness , at their hard times with self -respect , and finally , look at their mistakes and regrets with forgiveness (Lasch , 1969 . It is doing so that they rediscover integrity as they get ready for whatever challenges that life and death could bring upon them . On the other hand , those who remain isolated to the hurts and sadness that their life brought to them , shall be dissatisfied with the life that they have led and would easily get depressed . These are the concepts being described by Erik Erikson in his stages of psychosocial development . He has reflected these said concepts onto the life of Mohandas Gandhi , more popularly known as Mahatma or the great soul , the father of the Indian Nation

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