Attachment and Intersubjectivity

Synopsis:

This book focuses on the understanding of the epistemological roots of attachment theory, conceptualised as a psychoanalytic paradigm, which highlights movement away from a 'one-person psychology' to a multi-person psychology'. In this context, attachment theory is viewed as a theory of processes, across generations and across the dynamic interaction between the individual and his 'world of others' (including parental figures, offspring, the sexual partner, the group and society). This position is congenial with contemporary philosophical and developmental ideas and recent advances in the neurosciences. It is also a contribution to British Independent psychoanalytic thinking, the so-called 'relational schools of psychoanalysis' and group analysis. 242 pages.