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Attachment theory, as developed by Bowlby, and empirical research derived from it, beginning with Ainsworth's >Strange Situation< and the correlated home observations, are described. The studies of the transgenerational transmission of patterns and of the internal working models of the relationship, as well as longitudinal studies, are reported. The main focus of the paper is on cross-cultural studies, carried out in Germany, Israel and Japan. In North Germany, as compared to the U. S., there was a higher frequency of avoidant behavior in babies. This finding has been linked with the cultural demand for premature self-reliance. It is suggested that in the avoidant North German children we see the early ontogeny of the authoritarian character.
Attachment theory, as developed by Bowlby, and empirical research derived from it, beginning with Ainsworth's >Strange Situation< and the correlated home observations, are described. The studies of the transgenerational transmission of patterns and of the internal working models of the relationship, as well as longitudinal studies, are reported. The main focus of the paper is on cross-cultural studies, carried out in Germany, Israel and Japan. In North Germany, as compared to the U. S., there was a higher frequency of avoidant behavior in babies. This finding has been linked with the cultural demand for premature self-reliance. It is suggested that in the avoidant North German children we see the early ontogeny of the authoritarian character.
The Study of Psychic Trauma
(2011)
This article attempts to integrate Bowlby’s various contributions to the subject of ag-gressiveness. His early views, the role of aggressiveness in attachment theory and his more recent work on violence in the family are reported. In both his early and his later work Bowlby distinguishes between a primary form of aggressiveness which is reactive to frustration – in particular to separation – and a secondary form which arises from the first as a result of adverse parental reactions. His more recent work stresses the impor-tance of the displacement of parental hostility on to the children – due to role reversal – in eliciting dysfunctional anger in children. It is suggested that this component was al-ready implicit in much of Bowlby’s previous work on separation. It is further suggested that J.P. Scott’s model of agonistic behaviour is relevant in these situations.
The Relevance of Erich Fromm
(1990)
The Relevance of Erich Fromm
(2014)
The Relevance of Erich Fromm
(2015)
Reviews empirical research generated by J. Bowlby's (1980) attachment theory (AT), focusing on transgenerational transmission of attachment patterns, internal working models, cross-cultural studies, and longitudinal studies. It is claimed that AT and research support the alternative psychoanalytic approach initiated by S. Ferenczi (1932), particularly regarding the reevaluation of real-life traumatic events, the occurrence of personality splits after childhood trauma, and the aggravation of trauma due to its denial by adults. The concepts of transgenerational transmission and of alternative developmental pathways are further contributions to an alternative psychoanalytic framework. Attention is also called to the relevance of the cross-cultural studies to clinical psychoanalysis and to E. FROMM's analytic social psychology.
Suggests 5 traits that J. Bowlby shares with S. Ferenczi including the emphasis on the child's primary relatedness to the mother; independence of mind leading to ostracism on the part of the psychoanalytic establishment; and recognition of the importance of real-life traumatic events in psychopathology. Additional traits are the stress of a loving relationship in normal development, the denial of trauma on the part of the environment, and the dissociation of the traumatic experience on the part of the child. The differences between the 2 authors in terms of their evolutionary thinking are discussed. Bowlby may be viewed as one of the strongest exponents of Ferenczi's alternative psychoanalytic ap-proach. (German and Spanish abstracts)
Sullivan Integrated
(2013)
Starting from the classical psychoanalytic view that, in human evolution, an overlap of sexual maturation and dependency [489] occurred, the oedipal situation is regarded as an innate behavioral sequence that also includes appropriate parental responses. An integration between this level of development and the earlier sequence of symbiosis and separation is attempted. In this connection, Bowlby’s concept of the subsidiary at-tachment figure plays a central role. The links between pathological developments at the oedipal level and those at the earlier level are investigated, and clinical examples are provided. In many cases, the Oedipus complex is considered to be the culmination of a bad symbiosis. The hypothesis is then put forth that the Oedipus complex, as a pathological structure, is an historical phenomenon which arose when cultural devel-opments interfered with the appropriate parental responses. It is suggested that these developments were the changes which took place after the advent of agriculture, in particular the changes in family and character structure connected with the peasant adaptation. Finally, the relevance of these problems to training analysis is discussed.
This paper is unusual. For instance, one of its authors is a distinguished graphic artist, with interesting ideas about psychoanalytic treatment as a creative process. His collaborator is Arthur Feiner, who has been the editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis for many years. As you can see, the paper itself is a dialogue between them, closely following an actual audiotape recording. Their theme has been much neglected. Immediately upon reading the paper, it occurred to me that it belongs in the Forum. For one thing, its important ideas are presented in a very readable fashion. Its informality sets a model inviting a wider range of creative thought about problems of our profession and how to approach them. It identifies our journal as something more than another analytic publication for reiteration of old dogmas.
Report from Locarno
(1989)
This paper discusses two 19-century French-speaking authors, Pierre Janet and Auguste Forel, who both employed hypnosis and in various ways were influential on psychoanalysis. Marcelle, a long case history by Janet, is presented. Freud’s long review of Forel’s book on hypnotism is then discussed, as well as a short review by Erich Fromm of Forel’s autobiography. A case history by Forel is also presented. The connections between these two authors and modern developments are discussed.
Questo libro si propone di rendere esplicite le teorie scientifiche, qui chiamate paradigmi, che l’autore ha trovato utili in psicoanalisi. Egli elenca nove paradigmi: la genetica, la neurobiologia, la teoria dell’attaccamento, la ricerca infantile, il trauma, il modello relazionale, il sistema della famiglia, il livello socioculturale e la preistoria. Questi nove paradigmi vengono presentati in altrettanti capitoli. L’autore rivolge un’attenzione particolare alla teoria dell’attaccamento, che egli considera il più potente strumento concettuale a disposizione dello psicoanalista. Egli si occupa anche del trauma e del modello relazionale, con particolare riferimento a Ferenczi, Bowlby e Fromm. Esamina l’effetto dell’evoluzione culturale, con l’avvento dell’agricoltura, sulle strutture della famiglia e del carattere, e la discontinuità che ne deriva rispetto ai bisogni innati dell’individuo e del gruppo, la quale dà luogo ad un ambiente innaturale, e quindi alla patologia individuale e di gruppo, come la guerra. Le conseguenze di questi fattori combinati portano al bisogno di psicoterapia, che viene esaminata assieme al ruolo dello psicoterapeuta e alla terapia delle psicosi. L’autore sostiene che al livello sociale la psicoterapia possa contribuire al riemergere della cultura materna innata, basata sull’accudimento e sulla collaborazione. Questo libro può essere di grande interesse sia per lo psicoanalista che per lo psicoterapeuta.