The latent dream is a fantasy-satisfaction, not merely a disguised desire
Evidence
On daydreams and fantasies. They show lack of character and passivity. One imagines that something has happened to upset the mechanism of necessity. One’s own initiative has become free. Everything is easy. One can do whatever one wants, and one wants a whole series of things which at present one lacks. It is basically the present turned on its head which is projected into the future. Everything repressed is unleashed. On the contrary, it is necessary to direct one’s attention violently towards the present as it is, if one wishes to transform it. Pessimism of the intelligence, optimism of the will. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2194 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Daydreaming substitutes fantasy for the disciplined transformation of present reality — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2194
Related
- Daydreaming substitutes fantasy for the disciplined transformation of present reality (similarity 0.90)
- Regressive childhood memory replaces lost potential with dreams of non-existence (similarity 0.85)
- Adolescent daydreaming is a narcissistic compensation for felt inadequacy (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Daydreaming substitutes fantasy for the disciplined transformation of present reality
#expands(0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2194