ABSTRACT This introductory analysis presents the content of the special issue entitled “Fifty years since ‘Identity: Youth and Crisis’: A renewed look at Erikson’s writings on identity.” The authors of the nine thought pieces that compose this special issue were invited to direct the attention of readers of Identity to aspects of Eriksonian thought that they believe have been left undeveloped or underdeveloped. A number of powerful and relevant topics were raised in this collection. Authors call upon identity scholars to engage more fully with the relational, contextual, interactional, and cultural components of Erikson’s theory, including analysis of identity development within the context of important relationships; the advent of the Internet as a context for identity development; and greater acknowledgement of the impact of forces of marginalization and oppression on identity development. In addition, articles in this special issue explore difficult or problematic aspects of identity development that have been relatively neglected in previous research, including negative identity, identity crisis, and pseudospeciation. A deeper analysis of epigenetic processes of development is offered, as is an analysis of Erikson’s implication of the unconscious in identity development. Together this collection of essays provides a framework for moving research based in Eriksonian theory forward.

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“身份：青年与危机”五十年后：重新审视埃里克森关于身份的著作

摘要 本介绍性分析介绍了题为“‘身份：青年与危机’五十年：重新审视埃里克森关于身份的著作”的特刊的内容。组成本期特刊的九篇思想文章的作者受邀将《身份》的读者的注意力引导到他们认为尚未发展或不发达的埃里克森思想的各个方面。在这个集合中提出了许多有力和相关的主题。作者呼吁身份学者更充分地参与埃里克森理论的关系、情境、互动和文化组成部分，包括在重要关系的背景下对身份发展的分析；互联网作为身份发展的背景的出现；以及更多地承认边缘化和压迫力量对身份发展的影响。此外，本期特刊中的文章探讨了先前研究中相对被忽视的身份发展的困难或问题方面，包括负面身份、身份危机和伪物种形成。提供了对发展的表观遗传过程的更深入分析，以及对埃里克森对无意识在身份发展中的含义的分析。这本论文集为推动基于埃里克森理论的研究提供了一个框架。身份危机和伪物种形成。提供了对发展的表观遗传过程的更深入分析，以及对埃里克森对无意识在身份发展中的含义的分析。这本论文集为推动基于埃里克森理论的研究提供了一个框架。身份危机和伪物种形成。提供了对发展的表观遗传过程的更深入分析，以及对埃里克森对无意识在身份发展中的含义的分析。这本论文集为推动基于埃里克森理论的研究提供了一个框架。