John Bowlby

Originally published in 1938, this book consists of a group of papers considering widely different subjects, but all bearing upon one social problem – the causation and prevention of war. The authors all occupy the same general political position, they are democratic socialists and active members of the Labour Party. The book falls into three rough divisions, although all the papers are self-contained. The first part of the book is psychological and attempts to summarise and analyse the non-historical evidence (ecological, psychological, and anthropological) about the causes of fighting. The second part is historical. It surveys the different causes of international war in the nineteenth century and then discusses the relation between nationalism and capitalism during the same period. The third part is political and first considers the relation of the use of force to the preservation of peace. Then analyses the choices of foreign policy for a pacific power confronted by the threat of aggressive military dictatorship. It concludes with a review and assessment of the various available policies for the prevention of war in general and under the specific contemporary conditions of the time.

Originally published in 1938, this book consists of a group of papers considering widely different subjects, but all bearing upon one social problem – the causation and prevention of war. The authors all occupy the same general political position, they are democratic socialists and active members of the Labour Party. The book falls into three rough divisions, although all the papers are self-contained. The first part of the book is psychological and attempts to summarise and analyse the non-historical evidence (ecological, psychological, and anthropological) about the causes of fighting. The second part is historical. It surveys the different causes of international war in the nineteenth century and then discusses the relation between nationalism and capitalism during the same period. The third part is political and first considers the relation of the use of force to the preservation of peace. Then analyses the choices of foreign policy for a pacific power confronted by the threat of aggressive military dictatorship. It concludes with a review and assessment of the various available policies for the prevention of war in general and under the specific contemporary conditions of the time.

La colecci n Esenciales de Psicolog a, recoger los mejores t tulos de Paid s, iniciando con El apego, de John Bowlby, uno de los grandes longsellers del sello. «La publicaci n de este libro marca un hito en la historia del psicoan lisis y de la psicolog a en general , dijo The Times Literary Supplement en el momento de la aparici n de la trilog a El apego y la p rdida. En El apego, Bowlby examina la naturaleza de los v nculos del ni o con la madre a trav s de sus c lebres y cuidadosas investigaciones sobre el enorme impacto que conlleva la temprana separaci n de la figura materna. Asimismo, muestra c mo los estudios emp ricos con ni os nos han hecho descubrir pautas conductuales muy concretas, que han quedado posteriormente confirmados por las ciencias biol gicas. Bowlby deja muy claro que el apego humano es una reacci n instintiva y tan trascendental para nuestra supervivencia como la alimentaci n y la reproducci n. Comenzando con una discusi n de la conducta instintiva, su causalidad, funcionamiento y ontogenia, Bowlby procede a una formulaci n te rica de la conducta de apego: c mo se desarrolla, c mo se mantiene y qu funciones cumple. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Essentials of Psychology collection will collect the best titles of Paid s, starting with The Attachment, by John Bowlby, one of the great longsellers of the imprint. "The publication of this book marks a milestone in the history of psychoanalysis and psychology in general," said The TimesLiterary Supplement at the time of the appearance of the Attachment and Loss trilogy. In Attachment, Bowlby examines the nature of the child's attachment to the mother through his celebrated and careful research into the enormous impact of early separation from the mother figure. It also shows how empirical studies with children have led us to discover very specific behavioural patterns, which have subsequently been confirmed by the biological sciences. Bowlby makes it very clear that human attachment is an instinctive reaction and as transcendental to our survival as feeding and reproduction. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causality, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior: how it develops, how it is maintained, and what functions it serves.

En sikker base er John Bowlbys sidste værk og samler otte forelæsninger fra 1979-88 om tilknytningsteori og det terapeutiske arbejde. Hvad enten ens primære tilknytningsmønster er trygt, undvigende eller ambivalent fortsætter denne adfærd i voksenlivet. Trygge børn er selvsikre og bruger forældrene som en “sikker base”, mens de udforsker verden. Bowlbys arbejde viste, at det tidlige samspil mellem spædbarn og omsorgsperson har stor indflydelse på barnets sociale, følelsesmæssige og intellektuelle vækst. Især identificerede Bowlby, i forlængelse af sit arbejde for WHO om hjemløse børns behov, hvordan misbrug, vold og omsorgssvigt i den tidlige barndom er nøglen til at forstå psykiske problemer hos voksne. Bowlbys ideer om tilknytningsteoriens kliniske anvendelse er samtidig en generel indføring i tilknytningsteoriens psykologi, hvilket gør den ideel som grundbog. En sikker base udkom oprindeligt i 1988 [1994 på dansk], men genudgives nu, da den stadig er fundamentet for diskussion af, hvordan vi skal forstå betydningen af tidlige relationer. Den er med andre ord en psykologisk og pædagogisk klassiker. Indhold: Nyt forord ved Jeremy Holmes. 1. Omsorg for børn 2. Tilknytningsteoriens udvikling 3. Psykoanalyse som praksis og videnskab 4. Psykoanalyse som naturvidenskab 5. Vold i familien 6. Om at vide, hvad man ikke må vide og føle, hvad man ikke må føle 7. Tilknytningens rolle i personlighedsudviklingen 8. Tilknytning, kommunikation og den terapeutiske proces. “John Bowlby var en af de mest indflydelsesrige stemmer inden for børnepsykiatri og -psykologi. Han udfordrede psykoanalysens grundlæggende principper og var en pioner inden for metoder til at undersøge børns følelsesliv” – The New York Times “En forsker med solidt forskningsmateriale bag sit stærke sociale engagement for barnets vel og med en smertefuld skarp indsigt i sindslidelsernes væsen og årsager” – Dagbladet Information “John Bowlby var en stor skikkelse inden for almenpsykiatrien, børnepsykiatri og psykoanalyse. Mere end nogen anden demonstrerede han betydningen af virkelige barndomsbegivenheder for udviklingen af senere psykopatologi” – The Independent

This edited book contains a hitherto unpublished seminar held by the author in Milan, Italy in 1985. The seminar is preceded by a foreword by Kate White, of the Bowlby Centre, and by an introduction by the editor, Marco Bacciagaluppi. The introduction contains excerpts from unpublished correspondence between the author and the editor, carried out over a span of eight years, between 1982 and 1990. After the seminar there are the follow-ups of the three cases presented by Leopolda Pelizzaro, Ferruccio Osimo and Emilia Fumagalli, and a report by Germana Agnetti and Angelo Barbato, who gave hospitality to the author and his wife. This is followed by a contribution by Ferruccio Osimo on experiential dynamic psychotherapy, an application of attachment theory, with a long case study. At the end there are some concluding remarks by the editor.

Helping both parents and psychologists to arrive at a better understanding of the inner emotional world of the infant, this selection of key lectures by Bowlby includes the seminal one that gives the volume its title. Informed by wide clinical experience, and written with the author's well-known humanity and lucidity, the lectures provide an invaluable introduction to John Bowlby’s thought and work, as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents and to members of the mental health professions.

As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means sacrificing other interests and activities, but for many people today these are unwelcome truths. Bowlby’s work showed that the early interactions between infant and caregiver have a profound impact on an infant's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby’s lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.

This is Volume II in a collection of nineteen on Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Originally published in 1940, it presents an essay on psychiatric diagnosis.

Den engelske psykoanalytikern John Bowlby är mest känd för sin teori om bindningen - attachement - det vill säga barnets känslomässiga anknytning till en föräldragestalt, en trygg bas. Störningar i denna tidiga relation kan påverka personlighetsutvecklingen genom hela livet. Bowlby visar hur bindningsteorin kan tillämpas i såväl terapirelationen som i diagnostik och forskning.

Kurztext Bindung ist ein elementares Bedürfnis, vergleichbar mit Hunger oder Sex, das schon Säuglinge an eine erwachsene Bezugsperson knüpft. Werden kleine Kinder über längere Zeit von ihrer Bezugsperson getrennt, erleiden sie schwere psychische Schäden: von chronischer Trauer und Depression bis zur völligen Apathie, von Aggression bis zur Delinquenz. In seinem Grundlagenwerk stellt John Bowlby ausführlich seine Theorie dar. Jeder Einzelband ist einem thematischen Schwerpunkt gewidmet. Bowlby beobachtete Kinder, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von ihren Eltern z. B. bei Krankenhausaufenthalten getrennt wurden oder die in Waisenhäusern ohne feste Bezugsperson aufwuchsen. Aus diesen Forschungsergebnissen leitete er therapeutische Maßnahmen ab, um die Kinder in ihrer Entwicklung zu fördern.

Bindung ist ein elementares Bedürfnis, vergleichbar mit Hunger oder Sex, das schon Säuglinge an eine erwachsene Bezugsperson knüpft. Werden kleine Kinder über längere Zeit von ihrer Bezugsperson getrennt, erleiden sie schwere psychische Schäden: von chronischer Trauer und Depression bis zur völligen Apathie, von Aggression bis zur Delinquenz. In seinem Grundlagenwerk stellt John Bowlby ausführlich seine Theorie dar. Jeder Einzelband ist einem thematischen Schwerpunkt gewidmet. Bowlby beobachtete Kinder, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von ihren Eltern z. B. bei Krankenhausaufenthalten getrennt wurden oder die in Waisenhäusern ohne feste Bezugsperson aufwuchsen. Aus diesen Forschungsergebnissen leitete er therapeutische Maßnahmen ab, um die Kinder in ihrer Entwicklung zu fördern.

Helping both parents and psychologists to arrive at a better understanding of the inner emotional world of the infant, this selection of key lectures by Bowlby includes the seminal one that gives the volume its title. Informed by wide clinical experience, and written with the author's well-known humanity and lucidity, the lectures provide an invaluable introduction to John Bowlby’s thought and work, as well as much practical guidance of use both to parents and to members of the mental health professions.

As Bowlby himself points out in his introduction to this seminal childcare book, to be a successful parent means a lot of very hard work. Giving time and attention to children means sacrificing other interests and activities, but for many people today these are unwelcome truths. Bowlby’s work showed that the early interactions between infant and caregiver have a profound impact on an infant's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. Controversial yet powerfully influential to this day, this classic collection of Bowlby’s lectures offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early relationships.