Do Mothers Dream of Electric Babies?: The Importance of Emotional Bonds for Growing, Nurturing, and Educating

ISBN-13: 9781782203537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 244 str.

Giuliana Mieli

Opis

The author describes the stages of human emotional development in a lucid narrative which is both scientifically rigorous and grounded in clinical examples. Mieli critically investigates the origins of a specific weariness towards feelings which is reflected in the history of Western philosophy and science.

Spis treści

Acknowledgement; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: My clinical experience in a maternity ward; Chapter Two: From undifferentiated to differentiated. Birth, growth, and the achievement of independence: an emotional perspective; Chapter Three: The need for a cultural revolution; Chapter Four: A society based on the denial of attachment needs and all things emotional; Chapter Five: An emotional outlook on motherhood, or: what can really be done?; Chapter Six: Conclusions; Bibliography; References; Index