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Separation
Dr E J M Bowlby
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Description for Separation
Paperback. The second volume of Attachment and Loss continues Bowlby's work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health and considers separation and the anxiety that accompanies it: the fear of imminent or anticipated separation, the fear induced by parental threats of separation, and the inversion of the parent-child relationship. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; VFVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 39. Weight in Grams: 550.
Separation, the second volume of Attachment and Loss, continues John Bowlby's influential work on the importance of the parental relationship to mental health.
Here he considers separation and the anxiety that accompanies it: the fear of imminent or anticipated separation, the fear induced by parental threats of separation, and the inversion of the parent-child relationship.
Dr Bowlby re-examines the situations that cause us to feel fear and compares them with evidence from animals. He concludes that fear is initially aroused by certain elemental situations - sudden movement, darkness or separation - which, although intrinsically harmless, are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712666213
SKU
V9780712666213
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-96
About Dr E J M Bowlby
John Bowlby (1907 - 1990) was educated at the University of Cambridge and University College Hospital, London. After qualifying in medicine, he specialised in child psychiatry and psychoanalysis. In 1946 he joined the staff of the Tavistock Clinic where his research and influential publications contributed to far-reaching changes in the ways children are treated and to radical new thinking about ... Read more
Reviews for Separation
"The publication of Attachment and Loss will prove a turning point in the history of psychoanalysis and psychology generally." Times Literary Supplement "It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of Dr Bowlby's work...In practical terms, his ideas have modified and will continue to influence the rearing of children and the treatment of those who are disturbed. In theoretical terms, his ... Read more