Insights from the fields of education, cultural studies, psychoanalysis and literary theory are used to examine desire and the ways it intersects with knowledge, recognition, fantasy, and embodiment. The essays treat desire as a transformative tool, providing different perspectives on what constitutes desire and its importance as an educational practice. They deal with the works of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Carl Jung, Luce Irigarary, Judith Butler, RenT Girard, Gilles Deleuze, Homi Bhabha, and Maria Torok. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.