The Currency of Desire - Libidinal Economy, Psychoanalysis and Sexual Revolution (Paperback)

Metaphors of money have shaped theories of sexual psychology ever since Enlightenment doctors explained the mind-body as an 'animal economy' whose currency was desire, figured as a liquid form of energy that could be spent or saved, profitably invested or pleasurably squandered.In this erudite and groundbreaking book, David Bennett explores the power of economic language to mould both scientific and popular thinking about desire from the eighteenth century to the present, on topics as disparate as onanism and advertising, psychoanalysis and shopping, Christianity and communism, prostitution and revolution.The Currency of Desire combines intellectual history with modern critical theory to shed new light on the interactions between money and desire, homo oeconomicus and homo psychologicus.

General

Imprint:	Lawrence & Wishart
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2016
Authors:	David Bennett
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-907103-57-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory
LSN:	1-907103-57-0
Barcode:	9781907103575

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