THE PARADOX OF sLEEP: THE STORY OF DREAMING (MIT Press, 1999)
(Copyright © 2000 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )
| This is a very personal book, not a very scientific one. Jouvet tells us about his experience, his beliefs, his frustrations, his dreams and his current projects. He gives precious little information about progress in the field. He is fascinated by the idea of writing a history of dreaming (assuming that patterns of dreams have been changing over the centuries) that would perhaps explain what dreams are about. But he also admits it is a difficult idea. His specialty is "paradoxical" sleep (sleep that is actually not rest but work, at least for the brain) and he lists a few of the problems (or, better, puzzles) still facing the scientists. Jouvet seems to enjoy showing his pragmatic approach as opposed to the theoretical and very scientific approach of so many psychologists. Ultimately, we get the feeling that we are still a long way from understanding the functions of sleep and of dreaming. |
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