{"product_id":"dreaming-the-social-9781032551043","title":"Dreaming the Social","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreaming the Social\u003c\/i\u003e uses social dreaming as a tool to explore aspects of contemporary life and examine how we can reverse social fragmentation and large-scale trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the attack on New York on 9\/11, the world has been balanced on the edge of potential disaster, exacerbated in recent years by global warming, the Covid pandemic, and war in Ukraine. Since the first edition in 2009, these national and global events have come to dominate our lives in unforeseen ways. With this in mind, this new edition explores the potential of social dreaming to help access things we know but are unable to think, except through the complex activity of dreaming. Based on several research studies, group sessions, and mass dreaming experiments, the book explores peoples' experiences of dreaming during times of change, transition, and upheaval and discusses the insights that these dreams offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreaming the Social\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to all professionals interested in d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the book I have been waiting to read. I have yearned for a book that would examine contemporary culture through the imaginative critique of psychoanalysis. I did not want a theory-poem, or authorial brilliance. I yearned for the sort of book that I knew would teach me something and which I could recommend to others. The authors’ passion embraces the subject matter in ways that is more than inspiring and hopeful. It is such a relief to read!\" - \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bollas\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Freudian Moment, The Infinite Question\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvocative Object World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We have long thought of dreams as a repository of the most private and inaccessible regions of unconscious experience. In this important and original book, the motifs and mechanisms of the dreaming unconscious - helplessness, sexual desire, denial, the pleasures and perils of knowing - are mined instead for their rich and layered social meanings. With fascinating new chapters on Brexit, Covid and Ukraine, Clare and Zarbafi show us dreams as carriers of urgent messages from and to our precarious world.” – \u003cb\u003eJosh Cohen, Psychoanalyst, author and Professor of English at Goldsmiths College, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by W. Gordon Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Social Dreaming?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Social dreaming and the self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The night train of social dreams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAli Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eSocial Dreaming in practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Dreaming after 9\/11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare and Ali Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Sweet honey in the rock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare and Ali Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5. The end of the dance: Dreams at a literary festival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare, appendum by Jane Storr\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. We are all slaves to babble—land: A mass dreaming experiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Dreaming in the inner city\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare and Ali Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Social Dreaming: A no-goal method?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAli Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eThe long matrix Hay-on-Wye 2009-23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Where are we going? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Covid: The invisible invasion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. War in Europe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Clare and Ali Zarbafi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019113726295,"sku":"9781032551043","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032551043.jpg?v=1750779346","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dreaming-the-social-9781032551043","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}