1st Edition

Infinite Possibilities of Social Dreaming

Edited By W. Gordon Lawrence Copyright 2007
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    Examining recalled dreams with many others in a Social Dreaming Matrix leads to the transformation of the thinking embedded in the dreams. There are infinite meanings to a dream by regarding the dream as an unconscious product of cultural knowledge, not as an expression of the psyche exclusively, opening new possibilities of thinking.

    Introduction -- Infinite possibilities of Social Dreaming -- Social Dreaming with social democrats in Austria -- The dreaming soldier -- Life in Israel 1988–2004: associations, thoughts, and reflections on Social Dreaming -- Social Dreaming and the birth of South Africa's democracy -- "Vous êtes embarqué" (B. Pascal, Pensées): Social Dreaming with a group of political refugees -- Icons of the Social Dreaming Matrix: three experiences at the University of L'Aquila -- Shedding light on organizational shadows -- Social Dreaming at the Jung Congress -- "You must not be dreaming": how social dreaming may help us wake up -- "Don't explain, just go": the creative process and Social Dreaming, Hay-on-Wye Festival, May 2003 -- The organization as a Container for dreams -- Dream Reflection Group -- Creative Role Synthesis -- The sphinx looks at the individual: Creative Role Synthesis

    Biography

    W. Gordon Lawrence