ABSTRACT
Inner emigration is a controversial term used to describe the situation of German writers who were opposed to Nazism yet chose to remain in Germany after the Nazis seized power in 1933. Some writers who claimed to be “inner emigrants” appear to have done quite well for themselves during the war, while others saw their works banned or were imprisoned. Summarising the main characteristics of the patient in the adult attachment interview (AAI), the chapter introduces some convergent and divergent aspects of the attachment and psychoanalytic perspective. The advantage of the AAI procedure lies in its careful analysis of single expressions, the focus on logical contradictions, and on the subject’s cooperation in producing and reflecting on the attachment-relevant topics. In general, the classification – “unresolved state of mind” and “preoccupation” – of this case seems to be a “classic combination” of attachment patterns in patients with borderline pathology.
