In Search of Dreamtime: The Quest for the Origin of Religion
- ISBN-10
- 0226509842
- ISBN-13
- 9780226509846
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-12
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Tomoko Masuzawa
Description
Extended discussion of the concepts of time and origin in the work of Durkheim, Muller and Freud; Ch. 5 - contrasts the representation of the Dreaming in Eliade's Australian religions and Munns Walbiri iconography; role of dreams and graphic representation in Walbiri womens lives - their relation to formal analysis of the Dreaming; argues that the Dreaming should be seen as a measure of difference and against its perception as an origin; ground sand designs; historical consciousness.
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