The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss

by John Archer

Book Overview

The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.
This innovative new work will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415178584
• ISBN13: 9780415178587
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"