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alienation
Author_Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder
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commodification
consumer behavior
continental philosophy
contract theory
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economic analysis
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eros
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feminist theory
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gender
gift theory
greek mythology
hegel
individual choice
lacan
law
legal theory
market analysis
markets
midas
mythology
narcissus
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orpheus
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passion
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property
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rational egoism
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rule of law
social theory
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wealth
Product details
- ISBN 9780520234314
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2004
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The theory of law and economics that dominates American jurisprudence today views the market as rational and individuals as driven by the desire to increase their wealth. It is a view riddled with misconceptions, as Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder demonstrates in this challenging work, which looks at contemporary debates in legal theory through the lens of psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. Through metaphors drawn from classical mythology and interpreted via Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian philosophy, Schroeder exposes the hidden and repressed erotics of the market. Her work shows how the predominant economic analysis of markets and the standard romantic critique of markets are in fact mirror images, reflecting the misconception that reason and passion are inalterably opposed.
Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder is Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. She is the author of The Vestal and the Fasces: Hegel, Lacan, Property, and the Feminine (California, 1998).
