Download or read book Psychoanalytic Accounts of Consuming Desire written by John Desmond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic explanations of consumer desire. Topics are drawn widely to reflect the scope of Freud's vision and include dreams, sexuality and hysteria. Discussion is widened to selectively include authors such as Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, and to include evaluation of current research.