| 英文摘要 |
In an increasingly aging, Post-COVID, and climate adapting society, the study of (adult) human development becomes more and more relevant. The understanding of how life moves through stages while seeing a lifespan as a rhythmical expanse, can benefit theorists, educators and/or healthcare professionals, whether working on a developmental goal or learning process of their own or applying adult developmental theory for someone else. This paper browses the landscape of adult development theory and, by offering a new perspective, directs the look beyond the well-established ideas by Freud and Erikson to introduce the rhythms in life theory of Bernard Lievegoed, a Dutch psychiatrist and academic. By examining the progress in thinking on human development, the Authors hope to stress the importance of reflection on what stage of life we are in as individuals and, from a wider perspective, how this realization will relate to how we respond to our social surroundings and the global crises that are confronting us. In this way, the value of this paper lies in adding the theory of Lievegoed to the body of thought on human development. |