Dreaming in Dark Times [[electronic resource] ] : Six Exercises in Political Thought / / Sharon Sliwinski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792781803321
• Autore: Sliwinski Sharon <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4529-5388-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 pages)
• Classificazione: POL010000PSY026000
• Disciplina: 320.019
• Soggetti: Psychoanalysis - Political aspects; Political psychology; Dream interpretation - Political aspects; Dreams - Political aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents.; A fairy for an introduction -- 1. The prisoner's defense : the ghost house dream -- 2. The mother's defense : the dead daughter in a box dream -- 3. The soldier's defense : the gassed man dream -- 4. The artist's defense : the city in ruins dream -- 5. The colonial defense : the little rotting cat dream -- 6. On folding force.; Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index: A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: "What do dreams manage to say--or indeed, show--about human experience that is not legible otherwise? Can the disclosure of our dream-life be understood as a form of political avowal? To what does a dream attest? And to whom? Blending psychoanalytic theory with the work of such political thinkers as Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault, Sharon Sliwinski explores how the disclosure of dream-life represents a special kind of communicative gesture--a form of unconscious thinking that can serve as a potent brand of political intervention and a means for resisting sovereign power. Each chapter centers on a specific dream plucked from the historical record, slowly unwinding the ; significance of this extraordinary disclosure. From Wilfred Owen and Lee Miller to Frantz Fanon and Nelson Mandela, Sliwinski shows how each of these figures grappled with dream-life as a means to conjure up the courage to speak about dark times. Here dreaming is defined as an integral political exercise--a vehicle for otherwise unthinkable thoughts and a wellspring for the freedom of expression. Dreaming in Dark Times defends the idea that dream-life matters--that attending to this thought-landscape is vital to the life of the individual but also vital to our shared social and political worlds."--Provided by publisher.