1st Edition
The Politics of Uncertainty Attachment in Private and Public Life
By Peter Marris
Copyright 1996
200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 child's 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 individual's... Read more
Introduction Part I Meaning, attachment and predictability 1 The uncertainties of everyday life 2 Uncertainty and the construction of meaning 3 The idea of self 4 Attachment 5 Attachment and control of uncertainty 6 Meanings in public and private Part II Controlling uncertainty 7 Controlling relationships 8 Self-defeating defences against uncertainty 9 Loss and the recovery of meaning 10 Planning 11 Reciprocity versus competition 12 Moral uncertainty
Biography
Peter Marris is Emeritus Professor of Social Planning, University of California, Los Angeles and teaches at Yale University.
