The oracle of night : the history and science of dreams By Sidarta Ribeiro; Translated by Daniel Hahn.
Material type: TextPublication details: London: Penguin Books, c2021.Edition: 1Description: i-x+466PISBN:- 9780552177597
- 1 612.821 RIB-O
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Originally published in Brazil as O oráculo da noite : A história e a ciência do sonho by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, in 2019
Translated from the Portuguese
Why do we dream?
The ancestral dream
From living gods to psychoanalysis
Unique dreams and typical dreams
First images
The evolution of dreaming
The biochemistry of dreams
Madness is a dream one dreams alone
Sleeping and remembering
The reverberation of memories
Genes and memes
Sleeping to create
REM sleep isn't dreaming
Desires, emotions, and nightmares
The probabilistic oracle
Missing the dead, and the inner world of culture
Does dreaming have a future?
Dreaming and destiny
Epilogue
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