"This is a must-read for any neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, social science researcher, mental health practitioner, and educator. Ongoing dialogue through commentary and intense debate organize this volume with contributions from internationally known experts. We must integrate these findings as we struggle for answers regarding human dysfunction through psychological symptoms, violence in our communities, and the cyclical nature of human destructiveness. Many answers with clear direction toward realistic solutions are found in this long-overdue and compelling book." -- Mark D. Smaller, Ph.D., President-elect, American Psychoanalytic Association and Executive Director (emeritus), The Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation
"Bringing together a diverse collection of some of the greatest experts on early development and social behavior, this carefully edited volume presents an exciting new paradigm. The interplay between nature and nurture, our evolved attachment system, and affective neuroscience are brought together to erect a framework that does justice to the caring side of our species." -- Frans de Waal, Ph.D., C.H. Chandler Professor and Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes Primate Center, Emory University, and author of The Age of Empathy
"This is an exciting, thought-provoking, and intellectually stimulating collection of chapters by an interdisciplinary group of outstanding scholars. They tackle fundamental issues in human nature, such as the role of early experience and early parent-child bonds, the interweaving of biology, relationship, and culture, and evolutionary influences on adaptive and maladaptive development." -- Grazyna Kochanska, Dewey B. and Velma P. Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Iowa
"This volume offers a useful counterpoint to the fields' current enthusiasm for research and theory focused on resilience and the idea that all common patterns of behavior must be adaptive. The edit
