Attachment Security and the Social World

With an overview of the existing attachment theory literature and new contributions to the field, this book proposes that social groups seek protection and security as they collectively construct their ideologies and social institutions. In doing so, the book extends attachment theory to show how it can inform wider socio-cultural phenomena.

Autorentext

Antigonos Sochos is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire, UK. He is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His main academic interests lie in attachment theory and the integration of psychodynamic and social psychological approaches.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Attachment Research 2. Attachment and Social Groups 3. Attachment and Systems of Meaning 4. Beyond Dyadic Relationships: The Collective Organisation of Attachment 5. Collective Attachment and The Response to 9/11 6. Collective Attachment and the Western Tradition of Coercion and Violence Epilogue