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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 December 13, 2012 

Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 11)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 10 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Older technologies often survive the introduction of newer ones. Parents still read to their children, preserving the oral tradition. Therapists and trial lawyers engage in reflective question and answer sessions, preserving the Socratic tradition. Adults and children still […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 April 7, 2011 

UPDATE: Is Stevens’s Archetypal System of Sexuality a Form of GBAE?

In earlier posts (see posts from December 21st, 2010, and January 4th, 6th, 12th, and 20th, 2011), I have talked about what I call the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (or GBAE for short). In my earlier posts I have argued that the GBAE holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s ethological studies (e.g., […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 February 1, 2011 

Getting Back On Track With the “Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment”

In my posts of recent (see posts from December 21st, 2010, and January 4th, 6th, 12th, and 20th, 2011), I have talked about what I call the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (or GBAE for short). In my earlier posts I have argued that the GBAE holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 January 14, 2011 

Hold the Presses—Why Are We So Attached to the Vitalism of Bowlbian Attachment Theory?

In a series of posts that started back on December 9th, 2010, I’ve been looking at the following question: “Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)?” I’ve suggested that within a reductionistic worldview, the answer is probably “yes.” However, within a naturalistic systems theory worldview (the one that Bowlby principally used), the answer […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 January 12, 2011 

Frogs, Sex and “Stayin’ Alive”

Frogs, Sex and Stayin’ Alive—OK, not exactly Drugs, Sex and Rock and Roll, but probably as close as I’m going to get in these Bowlby Less Traveled posts. Hey, frogs can produce hallucinogenic substances and Stayin’ Alive was a disco song from the 1970s by the Bee Gees—that’s close to rock and roll. So, what […]

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