Dream Life
A Re-examination of the Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Psychoanalysis
| Author: | Donald Meltzer | ISBN: | 9781780493626 |
| Publisher: | Harris Meltzer Trust | Publication: | November 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harris Meltzer Trust | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Meltzer |
| ISBN: | 9781780493626 |
| Publisher: | Harris Meltzer Trust |
| Publication: | November 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harris Meltzer Trust |
| Language: | English |
"Dreams are my landscape", said Meltzer. In this book he re-establishes psychoanalysis as the art of reading dreams, and dream-life as the core of mental processes. Dreams are not just puzzles to be decoded, the effluence of past trauma or future wish-fulfilment; they are the psyche's attempt - with a varying level of aesthetic achievement - to symbolise its present emotional conflicts in order to re-orient itself toward "the real world - meaning external and internal reality".
"Dreams are my landscape", said Meltzer. In this book he re-establishes psychoanalysis as the art of reading dreams, and dream-life as the core of mental processes. Dreams are not just puzzles to be decoded, the effluence of past trauma or future wish-fulfilment; they are the psyche's attempt - with a varying level of aesthetic achievement - to symbolise its present emotional conflicts in order to re-orient itself toward "the real world - meaning external and internal reality".
