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

by Harvie Ferguson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415048361
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/1996
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Harvie Ferguson teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow.

Table of Contents

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.

What People are Saying About This

Elizabeth Wilson

Harvie Ferguson has written a fascinating and unusual book. It sheds new and imaginative light on the work of Freud in the context of European sociological and philosophical thought, and is refreshingly free of jargon. An original and thought-provoking book.

Editorial Reviews

'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

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