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7.1 - Commentary on “Bereavement and the Meaning of Profound Feelings of Emptiness: An Existential-Phenomenological Analysis”

Relearning the Self among Intimate Others

from Part II - Grief and Anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Christian Tewes
Affiliation:
Heidelberg University Hospital
Giovanni Stanghellini
Affiliation:
Chieti University
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Summary

As a bereavement researcher rooted in developmental psychology (trained in a sociocultural and cultural–historical tradition) and with a keen eye to applied phenomenology , Allan Køster's idea of investigating bereavement responses in their particular aspects is appealing (Køster, 2021; Winther-Lindqvist, 2017).

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Time and Body
Phenomenological and Psychopathological Approaches
, pp. 144 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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