Desire: A Structural Model of Motivation
批评当前动机心理学过于关注个体满足和工具性表现，提出基于社会关系和符号结构的动机模型，核心是“欲望”概念，即个体通过他人认可来认识自我。
Current approaches to the psychology of human motivation are criticized for being too concerned with “individual satisfactions” and “instrumental performance.”An alternative view of motivation which is based on social relationships mediated by symbolic structures is offered. The essence of this approach is the concept of “desire” which is expressed in terms of a mutually defining relationship between one individual and another. The individual desires the recognition of another individual in order to know himself. It is argued that what we call human needs are not just demands for food, sex, love, etc., but become, through the medium of language, calls to other individuals for their recognition or valuing.