ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the work that has been done in neuroscience generally, developmental archaeology in particular. It offers a multi-dimensional account of Desire to demonstrate that each of these dimensions, the neuroscientific, the philosophical, and the clinical, are quite compatible and enhance the explanatory power that each brings to the table. Desire as a state of being is subject to phenomenological inquiry. It has properties, some of which are subject to surface exploration and others that are hidden or kept secret by the Self from itself. The chapter describes three faces of desire: motivation, pleasure, and reward. Desires involve motivation, seeking and pursuit, pleasure, and gratification. Desire shapes discourse and discursive practice, an awareness of which is very hard to achieve, let alone maintain. Different sorts of seeking activities accompany the Desires of patient and analyst; they can be individually adaptive or dysfunctional and can intermesh with varying degrees of success and failure.
