1st Edition

Social Dreaming in the 21st Century The World We Are Losing

By John Clare, Ali Zarbafi Copyright 2009
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

We are running out of ideas in Western society. Faced with global warming, Third World devastation, nuclear proliferation and the threat posed by religious conflict, we need new ways of thinking. After the loss and carnage of the Twentieth Century there is prevailing mood of uncertainty and paranoia, yet at the same time a denial of tragedy, a salvation fantasy, an illusion that we will be saved.... Read more
Foreword -- Introduction -- Social dreaming and the self -- The night train of social dreams -- Dreaming after 9/11 -- Sweet honey in the rock -- The end of the dance: Dreams at a literary festival -- We are all slaves to babble—land: A mass dreaming experiment -- Dreaming in the inner city -- Too late! Social dreaming in the Haute Languedoc -- Conclusion

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John Clare, Ali Zarbafi