Mandela's Dark Years: A Political Theory of Dreaming

by Sharon Sliwinski

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816699909
• ISBN13: 9780816699902
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 6.8"