Dream cultures : explorations in the comparative history of dreaming

By:

Shulman, David (editor)

Contributor(s):

Stroumsa, Guy G. (editor)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Oxford University Press 1999Description: x, 325pISBN:

9780195123364 (hb.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

135.3 SHU

Summary: This volume offers a comparative, cross-cultural history of dreams. The authors examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams, from a variety of religious contexts (from China, India, the Americas, classical Greek and Roman antiquity, early Christianity, and medieval Judaism and Islam). Taken together, these essays consitute an important first step towards a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the world of dreams.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Psychology	135.3 SHU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003725

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This volume offers a comparative, cross-cultural history of dreams. The authors examine a wide range of texts concerning dreams, from a variety of religious contexts (from China, India, the Americas, classical Greek and Roman antiquity, early Christianity, and medieval Judaism and Islam). Taken together, these essays consitute an important first step towards a new understanding of the differences and similarities between the ways in which different cultures experience the world of dreams.

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