In earlier writings I have explored the political
dimensions of dreams in relation to Charlotte
Beradt ’s study of dreams in Nazi Germany (1),
U.S.Presidential elections(2),people ’s self-
reports of political ideology (3),and the
terrorist attack of September 11 (4).The basic
argument I have been building in these texts is
that dreams have directly meaningful
connections to the political environments in
which the dreamers live.I am seeking to refute
the notion (advocated by Sigmund Freud and
Calvin Hall (5)among others)that dreaming is
exclusively concerned with the private world of
the individual and does not have anything
meaningful to say about the broader social
world.
Volume 6, Number 1, Year 2004
