ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book traces the development of the anthropological study of dreams and suggests that Freud's psychoanalytic influence was so considerable that it shaped the entire trajectory of anthropologies of dreams and dreaming for the better part of the 20th century and that this influence continues. It explores Merleau-Ponty's development of the pre-conceptual 'body' thesis, and argues that it is precisely in this concept that the correction begins, because it draws significantly from Freud's theories of the subconscious. The book focuses on the idea of 'interference' in dreams, namely the process of bringing private foretelling dream experiences into the interpretive community to be deliberated and blessed. It seeks to substantiate 'reversibility' in terms of political discourse and shift to the public domain and the role of signs in political narrative.
