The Lure of Dreams
Sigmund Freud and the Construction of Modernity
Harvie Ferguson(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 18. April 1996
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-415-04835-4 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-04835-4 (9780415048354)
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Person
Harvie Ferguson teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow.
Content
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.