Books like Deprivation and delinquency by D. W. Winnicott

Erik H. Erikson explores how childhood experiences shape identity and society, blending psychoanalytic theory with cultural anthropology.

sociology book

In this seminal 1960 work, psychiatrist R. D. Laing uses clinical case studies to argue that psychosis arises from a split within the self, contrasting the authentic private identity with the socially constructed ‘sane’ persona.

A curated collection of D. W. Winnicott’s papers on psychoanalysis and child development (1957‑1963) with an index linking his ideas to Freudian concepts.

This monumental work, complete here in one volume, undertakes to determine scientifically what distinctive personality traits characterize the phenomenon of prejudice. The authors' purpose is to discover the social psychological factors which have made it possible for the authoritarian type of man - a new concept of an "anthropological" species - to threaten the survival of the individualistic and democratic type prevalent in the past century and a half of our civilization. The book mobilizes the skills of the different branches of the social sciences in one common research program. Experts in the fields of social theory and depth psychology, depth analysis, clinical psychology, political sociology and projective testing have pooled their methods and resources. Working in the closest cooperation, they here present a detailed picture of the authoritarian type of man. By isolating the destructive germ of the authoritarian personality, the book lays a major foundation for long-range attack upon the anti-democratic forces in modern society. (from the back cover.)