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Attachment theory as an alternative basis of psychoanalysis

Attachment theory as an alternative basis of psychoanalysis The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 49, No. 4, 1989 ATTACHMENT THEORY AS AN ALTERNATIVE BASIS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Marco Bacciagaluppi In The Crisis of Psychoanalysis, Fromm (1978) claims that psychoanalysis has lost its potential for being a critical theory of society. In this article it is suggested that a renewal of psychoanalysis may be accomplished by retaining the psychoanalytic method and adopting an extended version of Bowlby's attachment theory as an alternative paradigm. In his Autobiographical Study Freud (1925), spoke of metapsychology as "a speculative superstructure of psychoanalysis, any portion of which can be abandoned or changed." However, once the traditional framework is dis- carded, there is a tendency to view psychoanalysis as a purely hermeneutic d iscipline--a set of rules for interpreting verbal communications. This approach is taken, with different nuances, by such authors as Lacan, Schafer, Klein, Ricoeur, and Habermas (Modell, 1981). But this approach is open to serious methodological objections. In a recent philosophical critique of psychoanalysis, Gri~nbaum (1984) upholds Eysenck's claim that the psychoanalytic setting may generate heuristically useful hypoth- eses, but that these hypotheses can be validated only by controlled extraclinical studies. BOWLBY'S ATTACHMENT THEORY Gr0nbaum's approach is followed by Bowlby. To account for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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1989 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 49, No. 4, 1989 ATTACHMENT THEORY AS AN ALTERNATIVE BASIS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Marco Bacciagaluppi In The Crisis of Psychoanalysis, Fromm (1978) claims that psychoanalysis has lost its potential for being a critical theory of society. In this article it is suggested that a renewal of psychoanalysis may be accomplished by retaining the psychoanalytic method and adopting an extended version of Bowlby's attachment theory as an alternative paradigm. In his Autobiographical Study Freud (1925), spoke of metapsychology as "a speculative superstructure of psychoanalysis, any portion of which can be abandoned or changed." However, once the traditional framework is dis- carded, there is a tendency to view psychoanalysis as a purely hermeneutic d iscipline--a set of rules for interpreting verbal communications. This approach is taken, with different nuances, by such authors as Lacan, Schafer, Klein, Ricoeur, and Habermas (Modell, 1981). But this approach is open to serious methodological objections. In a recent philosophical critique of psychoanalysis, Gri~nbaum (1984) upholds Eysenck's claim that the psychoanalytic setting may generate heuristically useful hypoth- eses, but that these hypotheses can be validated only by controlled extraclinical studies. BOWLBY'S ATTACHMENT THEORY Gr0nbaum's approach is followed by Bowlby. To account for

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 1989

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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