Social Dreaming as Sustained Thinking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9891869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon Lawrence (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 609-624 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726703056005005 |
| OpenAlex | W2154479036 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article begins by describing Freud's work on dreams, and the importance this had for dream theory. Bion's perspective follows, with his questioning of Freud's theory that dreams exist to disguise the wishes and conceal the needs of the dreamer. The article then goes on to consider what happens if dreaming is regarded as a normal human activity, and the working through of thinking and creativity while the dreamer is asleep. From this point, it moves on to look at the emergent theory of social dreaming, which takes place in a matrix - where the matrix is the name given to the collection of people meeting to share their dreams. Finally, seven working hypotheses of the developing theory of social dreaming are described
Creativity · Dream · Epistemology · Matrix (chemical analysis · Perspective (graphical · Psychoanalysis · Social theory · Sociology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology
Dreaming in Two Worlds and Two Languages
Exploring the emotional and thematic matrix of dreams during war
Dreaming others’ dreams
Lockdown dreams
Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources on the Life, Work, and Ideas of Wilfred Ruprecht Bion
Dreaming across continents
Social dreaming and ecocentric ethics
The vocational potential of anthropology
Working with group-level data in phenomenological research
In the shadow of occupation
Social dreaming
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |