The Triumph of Venus: The Erotics of the Market

Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder

Published by University of California Press 2005

The Triumph of Venus

The Erotics of the Market

Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder

Volume 10 in the series Philosophy, Social Theory, and the Rule of Law

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520928855

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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.

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Schroeder Jeanne Lorraine :

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).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Juno Moneta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Pandora’s Amphora The Eroticism of Contract and Gift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Orpheus’s Desire The End of the Market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 3. Narcissus’s Death The Calabresi-Melamed Trichotomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 4. The Midas Touch The Lethal Effect of Wealth Maximization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Chapter 5. The Eumenides’ Return The Founding of Law Through the Repression of the Feminine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 326

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Published: February 23, 2004
ISBN: 9780520928855