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The first volume of John Bowlby's Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior--how it... read more

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During nearly fifty years of psychoanalytic investigation Freud tried first one and then another point of view from which to start his inquiries.

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This is book 1 of 3 in Attachment and Loss. (standard series)

Followed by Separation: Anxiety And Anger (Basic Books Classics).

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  1. John Bowlby (Author)

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