Lucid Dreams, Perfect Nightmares: Consciousness, Capitalism and Our Sleeping Selves

Erik Ringmar

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Abstract

Review article discussing three books: Thompson, Evan. Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Mavromatis, Andreas. Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness between Wakefulness and Sleep. London: Thyrsos Press, 2010. Crary, Jonathan. 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep. London: Verso, 2014.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)355-362
Number of pages8
JournalDistinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Aug 30

Bibliographical note

Reviewed Work(s):
Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (by Thompson, Evan)
Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness between Wakefulness and Sleep (by Mavromatis, Andreas)
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep (by Crary, Jonathan)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Psychology

Free keywords

  • dreaming
  • sleep
  • lucid dreams
  • hypnagogia
  • globalization
  • capitalism
  • the Internet

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