Peter Marris

Attachment across the life cycle

A. Bitulco, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College John Bowlby, Tavistock Clinic, London J. Byng-Hall, Tavistock Clinic, London T. Harris, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College R. Hinde, University of Cambridge J. Hopkins, Tavistock Clinic, London Colin Murray Parkes, The London Hospital Medical College Joan Stevenson-Hinde, University of Cambridge K.E. Grossman, University of Regensburg, Germany G. Liotti, Rome M. Ainsworth, University of Virginia, USA J. Bretherton, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA C.G. Eichberg, Columbia Associates in Psychiatry, USA M. Main, University of California, Berkeley, USA P. Marris, University of California, L.A., USA M. Radke-Yoorow, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA R. Weiss, University of Massachusetts, USA

Loss and change

Through a study of responses to loss and change this text explores the relationship between conservatism, bereavement and loss or innovation.

Widows and their families

1. Introduction2. Grief3. Mourning4. Help in Widowhood5. Remarriage6. Family Relationships7. The Principles of Social Insurance8. Income9. Conclusion

The Politics of Uncertainty: Attachment in private and public life

In The Politics of Uncertainty Peter Marris examines one of the most crucial and least studied aspects of social relationships: how we manage uncertainty, from the childs struggle for secure attachment to the competitive strategies of multinational corporations. Using a powerful synthesis of social and psychological theory, he shows how strategies of competition interact with the individuals sense of personal agency to place the heaviest burden of uncertainty on those with the fewest social and economic resources. He argues that these strategies maximize uncertainty for everyone by undermining the reciprocity essential to successful economic and social relationships. At a time when global economic reorganisation is undermining security of employment, The Politics of Uncertainty makes a convincing case for strategies of co-operation at both personal and political levels to ensure our economic and social survival in the twenty-first century.