The Lure of Dreams: Sigmund Freud and the Construction of Modernity

ISBN-13: 9780415048361 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 264 str.

Harvie Ferguson

Opis

From literary theory to social anthropology, the influence of Freud runs through every part of the human and social sciences. This text shows how Freud's writings, and particularly The Interpretation of Dreams, contribute both in their content and in the baroque and dream-like forms in which they are cast to our understanding of the character of modernity. This approach to Freud and to the dilemmas of modernity and postmodernity should be of use to everyone with an interest in the development of modern consciousness.

Recenzje

'This is an interesting, thought-provoking book, which leads the reader to question the apparent divides between theories in Psychology, Sociology, and Biology through giving examples from the far reaching work of Freud - especially dream analysis.' - PSIGE Newsletter, Jan 2000

Spis treści

Pretext. 1. Context: the dream of modernity 2. Archetext: the texture of the present 3. Text: hermeneutics of the dream-life 4. Subtext: the prehistory of the ego 5. Metatext: explaining consciousness 6. Intertext: premodern and postmodern dream images 7. Hypertext: Freud and sociological theories of modern society Bibiography.

O autorze

Harvie Ferguson teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow.