Del i serien Ethnography, Theory, Experiment

Dreaming and the Imagination

Theoretical Intersections in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Of all the human behaviors anthropologists consider, perhaps the most conceptually challenging are those that cannot by directly observed. This volume draws from rich ethnographic data to offer theoretical and methodological tools for mapping the intersections between two such behaviors: dreaming and imagination. Although Western perspectives tend to cast these as personal experiences contained within individual minds, each contributor explores diverse cultural and historical contexts to demonstrate how these behaviours are always in some sense cultural and influenced by social others. The cross-cultural approach suggests theoretical flexibility and expands the study of imagination across multiple disciplines.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-04-01
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEthnography, Theory, Experiment
Antal sidor232
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781805399469

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Dreams and the Imagination in AnthropologyMatthew D. NewsomPart I: Dreaming ImaginariesChapter 1. Dreams, Narratives, and (Moral) ImaginariesJeannette Marie MageoChapter 2. Attributing Dream Experience to Spiritual Others to Explain Dreamed Foreshadowing Among the AsabanoRoger Ivar LohmannChapter 3. Imagining Berlin: Emotional Memories, Models, and ValuesMatthew D. NewsomPart II: Imagining DreamsChapter 4. Imagining Enlightenment: Pristine Awareness in Tibetan BuddhismBruce KnauftChapter 5. Dreams, Dreaming, and the Status of the Imaginary in Indigenous Worlding PracticesSylvie PoirierChapter 6. Imagining Dreams in Art and in AnthropologyLydia Nakashima DegarrodAfterword: Dreaming and the Imaginal SpectrumRobin E. SheriffIndex

“This is an excellent work and will rank as a top resource in its field ... The editor has skillfully persuaded the contributors to orient their works around core issues of the imagination. This establishes a high degree of conceptual and methodological consistency through the book.” • Kelly Bulkeley, Director, ‘The Sleep and Dream Database’“Makes an argument for how the theme of dreams and dreaming may take on a more central role in advancing anthropological theory. This is ambitious and refreshing, and I appreciate it a lot.” • Maria Louw, Aarhus University