Daniel M. Ogilvie
Fantasies of Flight
The dust cover of the book is a replication of a Chagall lithograph titled Hagar in the Desert
Fantasies of Flight was published by Oxford University Press in December,
2003. The primary purpose for writing the book was to create something
for students interested in personality psychology course to read that represents
an alternative or supplement to trait psychology, a tradition that has
dominated the field of personality psychology for the past 20 or so years.
It is an endeavor to revitalize interest in the art of conducting in depth
case studies. To that end, the book includes several studies of individuals
for whom imaginary flight held a special meaning in their lives.
A centerpiece of the book is a psychobiography of J. M. Barrie, author
of Peter Pan. Click here
if you are interested in skimming an essay that summarizes some of what
is written in the book about James Barrie and his relationship with his
mother, Margaret Ogilvy. Two other chapters contain a partial psychobiography
of Carl Jung and demonstrate how themes of levitation are relevant to understanding
his lifelong search to connect with the "collective unconscious".
The most satisfying chapters for me are contained in Part III of the book where I deal with the development of "senses" of self in childhood and beyond. These ideas are being further developed in my work on The God Problem (see section in research interests). A chapter outline of the book appears below
Chapter Outline
| Part I Preparations for Lift-off | |
| Chapter One: | Come Fly with Me |
| Chapter Two: | The Shape of a Discipline |
| Chapter Three: | An American Icarus Named Grope |
| Chapter Four: | Henry Murray's Personology |
| Chapter Five: | All the King's Horses |
| Chapter Six: | Freud on Da Vinci |
| Part II Lift-Off | |
| Chapter Seven: | Poor Peter |
| Chapter Eight: | He Played Until His Mother Looked Happy |
| Chapter Nine: | Outside Opinions |
| Chapter Ten: | To Be Forever Known |
| Chapter Eleven: | Attachment and Separation |
| Chapter Twelve: | Life at the Intersection |
| Chapter Thirteen: | Let the Force Be With You |
| Chapter Fourteen: | Carl Jung's Search for Permanence |
| Part III Ground Maintenance
and Theoretical Adjustments |
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| Chapter Fifteen: | Attachment Revisited |
| Chapter Sixteen: | Stern's Outside-In Stern's Outside-In Theory of Self-Development |
| Chapter Seventeen: | Damasio's Inside-Out Theory of Self-Development |
| Chapter Eighteen: | What's Missing from this Picture? |
| Part IV Variations on a Theme | |
| Chapter Nineteen: | Dumbo |
| Chapter Twenty: | Larry, A Lonely Long Distance Runner |
| Chapter Twenty-One: | Perry Smith |
| Chapter Twenty-Two: | Tonka and His Flying Backpack |
| Chapter Twenty-Three: | A Lawn Chair and a Phantom Flying Saucer |
| Chapter Twenty-Four: | Marc Chagall Marc Chagall |
| Chapter Twenty-Five: | The Case for Case Studies |
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Appendix |
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| Women in Flight |