The man without desires represents a new form of slavery, a consequence of our capitalist age. He is the man who is condemned to experience a pleasure that shrinks to a compulsive and perpetually unsatisfied consumption.

But when we say desire, what kind of experience do we invoke? What is the meaning of this so fundamental word for human reality? Massimo Recalcati explores here a key issue in Lacan's theory: desire and its enigmas.

It is as if we find ourselves in a gallery of portraits, depicting the various faces of human desire: jealous desire, the desire of the Other, the desire for nothingness, desire and anxiety, sexual desire, romantic desire, the desire for death, the desire of the analyst.

Thus, a composition emerges that is simple yet attractive, which can be considered the most effective and comprehensible introduction to Lacan's thought.