The Currency of Desire

The Currency of Desire PDF Author: David Bennett
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
ISBN: 9781907103575
Category : Consumption (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
The language of money has informed medical, psychological and political theories of sexual desire for at least 300 years. Desire, figured as libidinal energy, represented potential work-power and spending-power and hence a form of personal 'capital', an economic resource for both the individual and the collectivity. This book explores how this view