Risking human security : attachment and public life /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London : Karnac, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 175 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Attachment behavior. Interpersonal relations. Security (Psychology) Attachment behavior. Interpersonal relations. Security (Psychology) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11257046

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Green, Marci.
ISBN:	9781849406840 1849406847 9781855755970 1855755971
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Most research in the field of attachment is on the experiences of attachment, separation and loss, and their developmental course and effects. This book widens our vision to the public domain, to consider the ways in which social institutions, culture and social policy may diminish our ability to make and maintain secure attachments. It argues that collective human security depends in part on the quality of attachments amongst individuals, a quality which, in turn, is conditioned by the structures of public life. The book invites its readers to reflect on those social processes that put our se.
Other form:	Print version: Risking human security. London : Karnac, 2008 9781855755970

Table of Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; PART I THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ATTACHMENT THEORY; CHAPTER ONE The social construction of the human brain; PART II THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC LIFE AND PERSONAL ATTACHMENT; CHAPTER TWO Attachment and loss of community; CHAPTER THREE Labour to love; CHAPTER FOUR Unsettling policies: unanticipated consequences for migrant Afro-Caribbean families; CHAPTER FIVE Seeking asylum: the struggle for a new secure base; CHAPTER SIX Compassion deficit disorder? The impact of consuming culture on children's relationships.

Similar Items