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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830841103321

Autore

Van der Horst Frank C. P

Titolo

John Bowlby [[electronic resource] ] : from psychoanalysis to ethology : unravelling the roots of attachment theory / / Frank C.P. van der Horst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-40546-6

9786613405463

1-119-99311-3

1-119-99310-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

155.4/18

155.418

Soggetti

Attachment behavior in children

Attachment behavior

Human behavior

Psychoanalysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-185) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

John Bowlby - From Psychoanalysis to Ethology: Unraveling the Roots of Attachment Theory; Contents; About the Author; Foreword (by Professor Jerome Kagan); Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Biographical Notes and Early Career; 2 Loneliness in Infancy: The WHO Report and Issues of Separation; 3 Working with James Robertson: The Importance of Observation; 4 Bowlby's Acquaintance with Ethology: The Work of Lorenz, Tinbergen, and Hinde; 5 From Theoretical Claims to Empirical Evidence: Harry Harlow and the Nature of Love; 6 Mary Ainsworth's Role in the Study of Attachment; Conclusions; References

Name IndexSubject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This accessible book draws on unique evidence from oral histories and little-known archive material to shed new light on the working relationships which led to John Bowlby's shift from psychoanalysis to ethology as a frame of reference - and ultimately to the development of attachment theory.A unique exploration of the origins of Bowlby's ideas



and the critical transformation in his thinking - offers an alternative to standard accounts of the origin of attachment theoryExplores the significance of Bowlby's influential working relationships with Robert Hinde, Harry Harlow, James Rob