Walking heads : on the secret fantasy of being an exception / by Antonie Ladan ; translated from the Dutch by Marjolijn de Jager.

Errata slip inserted. Orig. publ as Het wandelend hoofd. Over de geheime fantasie een uitzondering te zijn, Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Boom, c2000. Transl. from the Dutch by Marjolijn De Jager..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141)

The forgotten child -- The disavowed child -- Two worlds -- The secret fantasy of being an exception -- On the secret fantasy of Bastian Balthazar Bux -- The man who could not grow old : on the illusion of -- Frozen time -- The child retrieved -- The analyst as instrument.

'"Walking heads" refers to individuals especially entrenched inside their heads, without any instinctive contact with the rest of the body. Their childhoods were spent in situations difficult to endure and from which there was no escape. Therefore, and out of sheer necessity, they called upon their ability to fantasize to find a way out of their situation....In his discussion of the problems of walking heads, the author combines elements from menory research, neurobiology, attachment theory, and developmental psychology that are important for psychoanalytic theory and technique.'

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