Lure of Dreams - Sigmund Freud and the Construction of Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Harvie Ferguson teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow. Klappentext From literary theory to social anthropology, the influence of Freud runs through every part of the human and social sciences. In The Lure of Dreams, Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud's writings and particulary 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 novel and stimulating approach to Freud and to the dilemmas of modernity and postmodernity will fascinate everyone with an interest in the development of the modern consciousness. Zusammenfassung In The Lure of Dreams Harvie Ferguson shows how Freud's writings and, in particular, The Interpretation of Dreams contribute in their content and form to our understanding of the character of modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: H. Ferguson, Harvie Ferguson, Ferguson Harvie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.1996
• EAN: 9780415048361
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04836-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)