Posted on July 19, 2021 in Review of the Week
Llewellyn, Sue. Oxford, 2020
234p indexes, 9780198818953 $40.00, 9780192550903
In this interesting book, Llewellyn, a lecturer in humanities at the University of Massachusetts, presents a reader-friendly answer couched in evolutionary theory to the question at hand. In a dozen well-constructed, research-based chapters, Llewellyn makes the case that dreams help people not only remember but also decide, predict, and create. This author sees dreams as hyper-associative and divergent, neither linear nor logical. Dreams have a qualitative character that Llewellyn finds consistent with chaos theory. She uses her own dreams to illustrate many of her points, notable especially in her evaluation of Freudian theory. If a person could read only one book about dreams, Llewellyn’s text would be this reviewer’s choice.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.
Reviewer: S. Krippner, California Institute for Integral Studies
Subject: Social & Behavioral Sciences – Psychology
Choice Issue: Jul 2021
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