Dreams of Totality

Where We Are When There’s Nothing at the Center

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology
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Author: Sherry Salman, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781935528487
Publisher: Spring Journal, Inc. Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Spring Journal Books Language: English
Author: Sherry Salman, Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781935528487
Publisher: Spring Journal, Inc.
Publication: August 1, 2013
Imprint: Spring Journal Books
Language: English
Dreams of Totality explores images of wholeness in cultures from ancient civilizations through today. It explains why symbols of totality appear without fail in response to chaos and distress, how they subsequently entomb us, and then eventually deconstruct as disenfranchised elements of psyche and society press for inclusion. Today, unmoored dreams of totality like globalization and the virtual Web community are taking over our collective imagination at the same time we are being exploited by a surfeit of image–industry spin. But as this book explains, we can't go backward into malignant nostalgia for a time when the gods spoke as one, take refuge in fractured fundamentalisms, nor should we succumb to a casual relationship to truth. Rather, preserving the creative function of dreaming of totality while at the same time loosening its often-deadening grip—an Rx for taking the medicine of totality when there's nothing at the center—is crucial as we try to cultivate an ethic of responsibility and integrity toward one another on a global scale.
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Dreams of Totality explores images of wholeness in cultures from ancient civilizations through today. It explains why symbols of totality appear without fail in response to chaos and distress, how they subsequently entomb us, and then eventually deconstruct as disenfranchised elements of psyche and society press for inclusion. Today, unmoored dreams of totality like globalization and the virtual Web community are taking over our collective imagination at the same time we are being exploited by a surfeit of image–industry spin. But as this book explains, we can't go backward into malignant nostalgia for a time when the gods spoke as one, take refuge in fractured fundamentalisms, nor should we succumb to a casual relationship to truth. Rather, preserving the creative function of dreaming of totality while at the same time loosening its often-deadening grip—an Rx for taking the medicine of totality when there's nothing at the center—is crucial as we try to cultivate an ethic of responsibility and integrity toward one another on a global scale.

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