Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson

               

                Born in Frankfurt in 1902, Erik was cared for by his mother alone until her marriage to Theodor Homberger, his pediatrician. The family moved to Karlsruhe in southern Germany, where eriks’s three sisters were born. After school he travelled around Eroupe for a year before enrolling in art school. He tought art for a while in Vienna, where he met his wife Joan Serson, his lifelong collaborator.

                Lahir di Frankfurt pada tahun 1902, Erik telah di rawat oleh ibunya sendiri sampai dia menikah dengan Theodor Homberger, dokter anak-anaknya. Keluarganya pindah ke Karlsruhe di jerman selatan, dimana 3 saudara perempuan Erik lahir. Setelah sekolah dia berpergian keliling eropa selama satu tahun sebelum melamar di sekolah seni. Dia mengajar seni untuk sementara di Vienna, dimana dia bertemu dengan istrinya Joan Serson. Kolaborator kekalnya.

                In 1927 he began studying psychoanalysis at the Vienna Psychoalytic institute, working under Anna Freud (see p. 104) and specializing in child psychology. In 1933, erik moved to the United States, and changed his name to Erikson. He taught for three years at harvard medical school and also became Boston’s first child analyst.

                Pada tahun 1927 dia mulai belajar psikoanalisis di Vienna Institut psikoanalitik, Bekerja dibawah Anna Freud (lihat halaman 104) dan spesialis dibidang psikologi anak. Pada tahun 1933, erik pindah ke Amerika Serikat, dan mengubah namanya menjadi Erikson. Dia mengajar selama 3 tahun di Sekolah kesehatan Harvard dan juga menjadi seorang analis anak pertama di boston.

                At harvard he was strongly influenced by friendships with anthropologists Ruth Benedict, Gregory Bateson, and Margaret Mead. He later had posisitions at Yale University, the Menninger Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Palo Alto, California, and the Mount Zion Hospital in San Fransisco. Erikson’s well-known Studies of the Lakota and Yurok Native American peoples were made while he was at the University of California at Berkeley. After leaving Berkeley he worked in private practice for many years before returning to Harvard.

                Di harvard dia di pengaruhi kuat oleh teman-temannya dengan antropologi Ruth Benedict, Gregory Bateson, dan Margaret Mead. Dia kemudian mendapatkan posisi di Universitas Yale, Yayasan Menninger, pusat untuk pembelajaran yang masih lanjut dalam ilmu pengetahuan tentang prilaku palo Alto, California, dan Rumah sakit Mount Zion di San Fransisko. Pembelajaran erikson yang terkenal pada Lakota dan Yurok terhadap penduduk asli amerika telah berlansung selama ketika dia berada di Universitas California di Berkeley. Setelah meninggalkan Berkeley dia bekerja praktek sendiri selama beberapa tahun sebelum kembali ke Harvard.

                Erikson Breakthrough work was Childhood and Society (1950), a wide-ranging study of individuals and cultures that won the Pulitzer prize and America’s National Book Award. Other books include Identity : youth and Crisis (1968), Ghandi’s Truth (1970). And The Life Cycle Completed (1985).

                Hasil kerja trobosan erikson adalah Childhood and Society (1950) suatu pembelajaran mengenai Individu dan Kultur yang memenangkan harga Pulitzer dan penghargaan buku nasional Amerika. Buku lain yang termasuk indentitas adalah youth and Crisis (1968), Ghandi’s Truth (1970). And The Life Cycle Completed (1985).

                Erikson died in 1994.

                Erikson Meninggal pada tahun 1994.