Reviews"A valuable addition to the literature on dream-life and Mandela's life."-- African Studies Quarterly
Table Of ContentContents The Prisoner's Nightmare Dream-Thinking Dream-Work as Civil Defense A Discourse That Acts Dreaming as a Practice of Freedom Dream Matters Acknowledgments
SynopsisInspired by one of Nelson Mandela s recurring nightmares, "Mandela s Dark Years "offers a political reading of dream-life. Sharon Sliwinski guides the reader through the psychology of apartheid, recasting dreaming as a vital form of resistance to political violence, away from a rational binary of thinking. This short, provocative study blends poli, Inspired by one of Nelson Mandela's recurring nightmares, Mandela's Dark Years offers a political reading of dream-life. Sharon Sliwinski guides the reader through the psychology of apartheid, recasting dreaming as a vital form of resistance to political violence, away from a rational binary of thinking. This short, provocative study blends political theory with clinical psychoanalysis, opening up a new space to consider the politics of reverie. Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.