The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies

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Heidi Keller

The Myth of Attachment Theory

A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies

Heidi Keller

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Routledge
15 December 2021

Child & developmental psychology

The Myth of Attachment Theory confronts the uncritical acceptance of attachment theory – challenging its scientific basis and questioning the relevance in our modern, superdiverse and multicultural society – and exploring the central concern of how children, and their way of forming relationships, differ from each other.

In this book, Heidi Keller examines diverse multicultural societies, proposing that a single doctrine cannot best serve all children and families. Drawing on cultural, psychological and anthropological research, this challenging volume respects cultural diversity as the human condition and demonstrates how the wide heterogeneity of children’s worlds must be taken seriously to avoid painful or unethical consequences that might result from the application of attachment theory in different fields. The book explores attachment theory as a scientific construct, deals with attachment theory as the foundation of early education, specifies the dimensions that need to be considered for a culturally conscious approach and, finally, approaches ethical problems which result from the universality claim of attachment theory in different areas. This book employs multiple and mixed methods, while also going beyond critical analysis of theory to offer insight into the implications of the unquestioning acceptance of this theory in such areas as childhood interventions, diagnosis of attachment security, international intervention programs and educational settings.

This volume will be a crucial read for scholars and researchers in developmental, educational and clinical psychology, as well as educators, teachers-in-training and other professionals working with children and their families.

By: Heidi Keller
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780367764784
ISBN 10: 0367764784
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 15 December 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. The Beginnings of Attachment Theory 3. The Attachment Theory of the 21st Century 4. Unsolved Problems 5. Cultural Blindness of Attachment Theory 6. Checking Facts: What is and what can attachment theory really do? 7. Attachment Theory and Daycare 8. Reflections About Culture Conscious Transition Processes 9. Ethical Questions 10. Concluding Comments

Heidi Keller is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former Head of Department, Culture and Development, Faculty of Human Sciences, Osnabrueck University, Germany. Among many international awards, in 2019 she was the recipient of the SRCD Award for Distinguished Contributions to Understanding International, Cultural and Contextual Diversity in Child Development.

Reviews for The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies

Heidi Keller's volume is an expression of resistance...a fight for truth against a singular story, a story that has become one of the most prominent and popular ideas in the human sciences, Attachment Theory. Keller argues against the theoretical (and methodological) assumptions, as well as cultural domination in science, that has been historically defined by the universalisation of the ideology of individualism. I believe this book, like Cultures of Infancy will make a path-breaking contribution to the field.' From Nandita Chaudhary's preface to this edition. 'Heidi Keller encourages us with this book to be pugnacious and confrontative, but at the same time invites and supports us to give to strength to professionals engaged in work with children and their families.' Xenia Roth, Mainz, February 2019