Different Faces of Attachment: Cultural Variations on a Universal Human Need

Otto, Hiltrud; Keller, Heidi

ISBN 10: 1107027748 / ISBN 13: 9781107027749

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Glossy pictorial boards. 318pp. Tight copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Different Faces of Attachment: Cultural Variations on a Universal Human Need
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107027748
• ISBN 13: 9781107027749
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

Attachment between an infant and his or her parents is a major topic within developmental psychology. An increasing number of psychologists, evolutionary biologists and anthropologists are articulating their doubts that attachment theory in its present form is applicable worldwide, without, however, denying that the development of attachment is a universal need. This book brings together leading scholars from psychology, anthropology and related fields to reformulate attachment theory in order to fit the cultural realities of our world. Contributions are based on empirical research and observation in a variety of cultural contexts. They are complemented by careful evaluation and deconstruction of many of the underlying premises and assumptions of attachment theory and of conventional research on the role of infant-parent attachment in human development. The book creates a contextual cultural understanding of attachment that will provide the basis for a groundbreaking reconceptualization of attachment theory.

About the Authors

Hiltrud Otto is a postdoctoral fellow of the Martin Buber Society of the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Heidi Keller is Professor of Culture and Development in the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Osnabrück.