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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824355003321

Autore

Schroeder Jeanne Lorraine

Titolo

The triumph of Venus [[electronic resource] ] : the erotics of the market / / Jeanne L. Schroeder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-35684-4

9786612356841

0-520-92885-7

1-59734-965-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Philosophy, social theory, and the rule of law ; ; 10

Disciplina

340/.115

Soggetti

Law and economics - Psychological aspects - Philosophy

Sociological jurisprudence

Feminist jurisprudence

Economic man

Utilitarianism

Romanticism

Erotica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pandora's amphora: the eroticism of contract and gift -- Orpheus's desire: the end of the market -- Narcissus's death: the Calabresi-Melamed trichotomy -- The Midas touch: the lethal effect of wealth maximization -- The Eumenides' return: the founding of law through the repression of the feminine -- Epilogue: The birth of Venus.

Sommario/riassunto

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.