Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets

by Todd McGowan

Book Overview

Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders--but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to others. Capitalism dominates, Todd McGowan argues, because it mimics the structure of our desire while hiding the trauma that the system inflicts upon it. People from all backgrounds enjoy what capitalism provides, but at the same time are told more and better is yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231178727
• ISBN13: 9780231178723
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"