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Attachment and Loss, Volume 2: Separation: Anxiety and Anger
By John Bowlby. The 1973 second volume of Attachment and Loss, examining separation distress, anxious attachment, anger and internal working models.
Book details
Author of listed edition: John Bowlby
Edition: First edition (1973), The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis (International Psycho-Analytical Library, No. 95)
Publisher: The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis
Edition year: 1973
Language and origin: English (United Kingdom)
Form and genre: Clinical & Theoretical Monograph
Level: Advanced
Historical era: 1960–1979 · Humanistic, Cognitive & Systemic Turn
Covers: Separation, anxiety and distress; Fear of separation; Anger in the context of attachment
APA 7th reference: Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation: Anxiety and anger. The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis.
What it is & historical context
Separation: Anxiety and Anger is the second volume of John Bowlby’s Attachment and Loss series. Library records identify a 1973 London edition from The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis and a 1973 New York edition from Basic Books. The cover shown is associated with a Basic Books ISBN, not the London edition.
Core clinical themes & arguments
The catalogue describes the book as examining responses to separation, anxiety and anger. The entry has not been checked against the complete text, and its interpretation of clinical concepts requires subject review.
Questions for critical reading
When does protest anger serve a functional role in restoring an attachment bond, and when does it become clinically destructive? How do internal working models remain stable or change across new relationships?
Who it may suit
Clinicians, trainees and researchers examining the developmental roots of anxiety, relational anger and attachment insecurity.
Scope & clinical limits
This is a theoretical monograph from 1973 reflecting Bowlby’s synthesis of clinical and observational data available at the time. It is not a diagnostic manual or self-help resource, and UK and US clinical guidelines for anxiety disorders have evolved substantially since.
Paired academic and clinical scholarship
Paired work: Young Children in Brief Separation: A Fresh Look (James Robertson and Joyce Robertson, 1971)
Reference: Robertson, J., & Robertson, J. (1971). Young children in brief separation: A fresh look. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 26(1), 264–315.
Robertson and Robertson report observations of young children during brief separations. The paper is related to the subject of separation, but this entry has not established that it directly prompted Bowlby’s analysis.
Source-mapped claims and evidence notes
Claim 1: Published in 1973 as Volume 2 of Attachment and Loss (International Psycho-Analytical Library, No. 95) by The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis. (PEP-Web archive record IPL.095.0001A and WorldCat record) [Source 1: Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation: Anxiety and anger (International Psycho-Analytical Library, No. 95). The Hogarth Press. PEP-Web archive.]
Claim 2: The volume’s table of contents includes sections on security, anxiety, fear of separation and anger. (The PEP-Web contents identifies the subjects of the volume. The complete text has not been reviewed for this entry.) [Source 1: Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss: Vol. 2. Separation: Anxiety and anger (International Psycho-Analytical Library, No. 95). The Hogarth Press. PEP-Web archive.]
Sources and inspection notes
Supports: Archive catalogue identifies the 1973 volume, publisher and series. The complete book was not reviewed.
Wellcome Collection. Separation: anxiety and anger, catalogue record.
Supports: Library record for the 1973 London edition.
Google Books. Separation, catalogue record.
Supports: Catalogue associates ISBN 9780465076918 with the Basic Books edition; the cover is distinct from the London edition.