Author: Murray Lionel Wax
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780847693757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThroughout recorded time people have been fascinated by dreams and their meanings. Tribal societies valorize knowledge obtained from dreams and respect possession as a channel for revelation. In contrast, implicit in Western intellectual thought is an image of the human as a non-social atom with a unitary and rational mind, which turns dreaming into an epiphenomenom or, for Freud, a neurosis in miniature. Integrating materials from anthropology, post-Freudian psychoanalysis, social evolution, and the social psychology of Mead, Cooley, James, and Sullivan, this book offers a view of the self and the psyche that provides meaning to the views of traditional peoples on dreams, possession, and the loss of self.
Book Synopsis Western Rationality and the Angel of Dreams by : Murray Lionel Wax
Download or read book Western Rationality and the Angel of Dreams written by Murray Lionel Wax and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout recorded time people have been fascinated by dreams and their meanings. Tribal societies valorize knowledge obtained from dreams and respect possession as a channel for revelation. In contrast, implicit in Western intellectual thought is an image of the human as a non-social atom with a unitary and rational mind, which turns dreaming into an epiphenomenom or, for Freud, a neurosis in miniature. Integrating materials from anthropology, post-Freudian psychoanalysis, social evolution, and the social psychology of Mead, Cooley, James, and Sullivan, this book offers a view of the self and the psyche that provides meaning to the views of traditional peoples on dreams, possession, and the loss of self.