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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.

Erotica. --- Romanticism. --- Utilitarianism. --- Economic man. --- Feminist jurisprudence. --- Sociological jurisprudence. --- Law and economics --- Eroticism --- Pornography --- Pseudo-romanticism --- Romanticism in literature --- Aesthetics --- Fiction --- Literary movements --- Ethics --- Hedonism --- Philosophy --- Homo oeconomicus --- Human beings --- Economics --- Self-interest --- Feminism, Legal --- Legal feminism --- Feminist theory --- Jurisprudence --- Law --- Law and society --- Society and law --- Sociology of law --- Sociology --- Law and the social sciences --- Economics and jurisprudence --- Economics and law --- Jurisprudence and economics --- Psychological aspects --- Philosophy. --- Venus --- فينوس --- Fīnūs --- Venera --- Венера --- Gwener --- Venuše --- Βένους --- Venous --- Venere --- ונוס --- Венус --- ウェヌス --- Uenusu --- Wenus --- Vèniri --- Venuša --- 维纳斯 --- Weinasi --- Venus (Roman deity) --- alienation. --- commodification. --- consumer behavior. --- continental philosophy. --- contract theory. --- desire. --- echo. --- economic analysis. --- economics. --- eros. --- euridice. --- feminist theory. --- free market. --- gender. --- gift theory. --- greek mythology. --- hegel. --- individual choice. --- lacan. --- law. --- legal theory. --- market analysis. --- markets. --- midas. --- mythology. --- narcissus. --- nonfiction. --- orpheus. --- pandora. --- passion. --- philosophy. --- potlatch. --- property. --- psychoanalysis. --- psychology. --- rational egoism. --- rational market. --- rule of law. --- social theory. --- sociology. --- thanatos. --- utilitarianism. --- venus. --- wealth.