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About, Around, and Against the Work of John Bowlby

Archive for reductionism – Page 3

Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 December 17, 2010 

Bowlby Goes to the Movies

In my post of December 14th, 2010, I suggested that, today, Bowlby’s theory of attachment is framed every which way but the way in which Bowlby framed it. Here’s a listing of the attachment frames that I am aware of (and there may be others): Reductionism—RAD or reactive attachment disorder would be an example Conservative […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 December 14, 2010 

Liberals are from Venus and Conservatives are from Mars

In my post of December 9th, 2010, I asked the following question: “Do Mothers (Therapists) Really Attach to Their Babies (Clients)?” I answered this question with one word: “Depends.” (No … not the adult diaper). I’m not trying to be cute here but the answer does depend on what conceptual system you are using. In […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 December 9, 2010 

Q – Do Mothers (Therapists) Really Attach to Their Babies (Clients)?

Q – Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)? A – George Lakoff—cognitive scientist turned political frame guru—tells an interesting anecdote.  Apparently a liberal journalist was interviewing then Vice President Dick Cheney. After the journalist posed his question to the VP, Cheney thought for a moment and simply stated: “I don’t accept the […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 June 29, 2010 

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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