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Daydreaming and Fantasy (Psychology Revivals) (Paperback)
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Daydreaming and Fantasy (Psychology Revivals) (Paperback)
Series: Psychology Revivals
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Daydreaming, our ability to give 'to airy nothing a local
habitation and a name', remains one of the least understood aspects
of human behaviour. As children we explore beyond the boundaries of
our experience by projecting ourselves into the mysterious worlds
outside our reach. As adolescents and adults we transcend
frustration by dreams of achievement or escape, and use daydreaming
as a way out of intolerable situations and to help survive boredom,
drudgery or routine. In old age we turn back to happier memories as
a relief from loneliness or frailty, or wistfully daydream about
what we would do if we had our time over again. Why is it that we
have the ability to alternate between fantasy and reality? Is it
possible to have ambition or the ability to experiment, create or
invent without the catalyst of fantasy? Are sexual fantasies an
inherent part of human behaviour? Are they universal, healthy,
destructive? Is daydreaming itself destructive? Or is it a force
which facilitates change and which can even be harnessed to
positive advantage? In this provocative book, originally published
in 1975, the product of the previous twenty-five years of research,
the author debates the nature and function of daydreaming in the
light of his own experiments. As well as investigating what is a
normal 'fantasy-life' and outlining patterns and types of
daydreaming, he describes the role of daydreaming in schizophrenia
and paranoia, examines the fantasies and hallucinations induced by
drugs and also the nature of altered states of consciousness in Zen
and Transcendental Meditation. Among the many topics covered, he
explains how it is possible to help children enlarge their capacity
for fantasy, how adults can make positive use of daydreaming and
how people on the verge of disturbed behaviour are often
unconscious of their own fantasies. Advances in scientific methods
and new experimental techniques had made it possible at this time
to monitor both conscious daydreaming and sub-conscious fantasies
in a way not possible before. Professor Singer is one of the few
scientists who have conducted substantial research in this area and
it is his belief that the study of daydreaming and fantasy is of
great importance if we are to understand the workings of the human
mind.
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