"A very profound study of the charac- ter structure, and the home influences upon that structure, of a man who had the courage to defy the constituted authorities of Christendom: the em- perorandthepope. Fromapsychiatric viewpoint it traces the sources of the courageandtheresolutionwhichmade such a defiance possible. For people who are not shocked by an analysis of ' the traditional pieties, which is how- ever without malice or negative or polemic interest, the book will be very rewarding." KEINHOLB NIEBUHR YOUNG MAN LUTHER A STUDY IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND HISTORY By ERIK H. ERSKSON This boon ;s i. Hghly original study of Martin Lutiior character written t. frorr* hoth a psychoanalytic anil :J his- torical point of viVw. It focuses on one period in Luther's life, namely, his identity crisis in young manhood, to discover the answer to the enigma ofhd'wyoung MartinLuther, dedicated to monastic silence, and [Continued on back flap \ JACKET DESIGN BY CBRKY SHAPIRO - ' MARU, L98,? 3 APR i j 197S APR 2 5 1988 AUG 12 1980 WAI DEC 05 OCT291995 PLA NOV 25 '!38l ^5 PLA NOV 1983 HMNOV9 1984 MAI MAR 3 APR 1 1 91388 AUG 3 1989 02 199] MM OCT10199S OCT291995 92 I#736e 68-71744 Erikson i Young nan rther* 1 Man Young Luther -*l2? r f! '< Jlf/l * -- jiwL-SKl?S88 ,3; MfflMAR 02 Books by Erik H. Erikson CHILDHOOD AND SOCIETY YOUNG MAN LUTHER INSIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY ERIK ERIKSON H. Man Young Luther A in Study and Psychoanalysis History W W NORTON & COMPANY INC New York COPYRIGHT BY 1958, 1962 ERIK H. ERIKSON Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 58-11113 Austen Riggs Monograph No. 4 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 456789 Contents PREFACE 7 CHAPTER Case and Event i. 13 * CHAPTER ii. The Fit in the Choir 23 CHAPTER in. Obedience To Whom? 49 CHAPTER iv. Allness or Nothingness 98 CHAPTER v. First Mass and Dead Ends 126 CHAPTER vi. The Meaning of "Meaning It" 170 CHAPTER vn. Faith and Wrath 223 CHAPTER vm. Epilogue 251 REFERENCES 269 INDEX 278 CITY (MO.) ' ' ,