Dream Cultures - Explorations in the Comparative History of Dreaming

Zusatztext Fifteen essays by an impressive international team of specialists in literature! anthropology and history of religion... Dream Cultures strengthens the view that dreams are not necessarily the domain of psychology. Klappentext This volume offers a comparative! cross-cultural history of dreams. The essays examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams! as culled from a rich variety of religious contexts: China! India! the Americas! classical Greek and Roman antiquity! early Christianity! and medieval Judaism and Islam. Taken together! these pieces constitute an important first step toward a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the universal yet utterly unique world of dreams. Zusammenfassung This volume offers a comparative, cross-cultural history of dreams. The authors examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams, from a variety of religious contexts (from China, India, the Americas, classical Greek and Roman antiquity, early Christianity, and medieval Judaism and Islam). Taken together, these essays consitute an important first step towards a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the world of dreams.

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• Authors: David (Professor of Indian Studies and Co Shulman, David Dean Stroumsa Shulman, David Stroumsa Shulman
• Assisted by: David Shulman (Editor), David (Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion) Shulman (Editor), David Dean Shulman (Editor), Shulman David (Editor), Guy G. Stroumsa (Editor), Guy G. (Professor of Comparative Religion Stroumsa (Editor), Stroumsa Guy G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780195123364
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512336-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Religion: general, Psychology: states of consciousness, Sleep & dreams