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If The Mac OS Is to Systems Theory as Windows Is to Reductionism, Then Bowlby Used a Mac

In my post of June 22, 2010 entitled Farmer Freud and Farmer Bowlby—Ploughing the Same Field? I ended with this quote by Bowlby (from vol. I, page xxvii): “From a new viewpoint a familiar landscape can sometimes look very different.” The familiar landscape Bowlby is referring to here is none other than Freud’s psychodynamic theory […]

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Farmer Freud and Farmer Bowlby—Ploughing the Same Field?

As most of you know, John Bowlby, arguably the father of attachment theory, wrote three volumes on the subject (often referred to collectively as Bowlby’s trilogy). The main title for each volume was Attachment and Loss. The subtitle for each volume was different and set the tone for what was to come: vol. I – […]

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“Less Traveled” Blog on John Bowlby’s Work Opens (Part 3)

SOBN (Sphere O’Blog News) – We ended Part 2 with you telling us that you are planning to use the same blogging model that you saw depicted in the 2009 movie Julie & Julia. Please tell us more. Rick – In the movie Julie & Julia, the character Julie (fashioned after real world blogger Julie Powell) […]

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“Less Traveled” Blog on John Bowlby’s Work Opens (Part 2)

SOBN (Sphere O’Blog News) – We ended Part 1 of this interview with a promise from you to provide us examples—drawn from the world of John Bowlby’s work—of what you mean by attachment “bacon,” attachment “lettuce,” and attachment “tomato.” Rick – Yes. To find a recent “bacon” or “core” or “object” example, I’d recommend an […]

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“Less Traveled” Blog on John Bowlby’s Work Opens (Part 1)

The Frederick H. Leonhardt (FHL) Foundation has opened a new blog entitled “Bowlby Less Traveled” (BLT). According to the Foundation’s president, Rick Leonhardt, the BLT Blog will be about, around, and against the work of John Bowlby in the area of attachment theory. Rather than riding on well-traveled highways, the BLT Blog will wind through […]

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