Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Identity Concept and the Verbal Portrait
2. Creative Recovery: Portrait of Martin Luther
3. Mutual Recognition: Portrait of Mohandas Gandhi
4. Radiant Intelligence: Portrait of Albert Einstein
5. Self-Reconciliation: Portrait of Jesus of Galilee
Epilogue
Bibliography
Donald Capps, PhD, is emeritus professor of pastoral theology and adjunct professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Capps is on form. Much like Erikson’s work in his own time, Capps
delivers a new way of looking at things ‘already familiar.’ Readers
will not be disappointed. These beautiful and articulate depictions
of Erikson’s verbal portraits give us a new way of looking at the
‘already familiar’ life and achievements of Erikson as a
portraitist. I have never seen Erikson in this way before. I admire
and deeply enjoy what this book accomplishes.
*Kate Miriam Loewenthal, emeritus, University of London*
Erik Erikson put the word ‘identity’ on the map of modern
vocabulary, in part because he had his own struggles with identity.
Having given up his dream of becoming an artist, Erikson reclaimed
this aspect of himself by means of ‘verbal portraits.’ In this
remarkable book, Capps demonstrates the ongoing relevance of
Erikson’s [portraits] of inspiring individuals and, in so doing,
inspires us all.
*Nathan Carlin, PhD, University of Texas Medical School,
Houston*
Donald Capps does in this book for Erik Erikson what Erikson does
in his quartet of 'verbal portraits.' He offers a way of
looking at his subject that is richly illuminating because it is
informed by his own longstanding personal engagement with one of
the towering psychoanalysts of the mid-twentieth century.
*Peter L. Rudnytsky, University of Florida and the Florida
Psychoanalytic Institute*
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