Attachment (eros and agape)

Abstract

This paper deals with the notion of attachment which, according to the author, deserves a more prominent role in contemporary philosophical, psychological and theological traditions than it actually plays. To confirm this thesis, the various aspects of the said concept are brought under consideration, among which those related to animal psychology, child psychology, psychoanalysis in general and Freudianism in particular, Platonic thinking, Christian theology and Japanese culture.