Zepf, Siegfried

Bio Sketch

Siegfried Zepf is a German psychoanalyst whose work applies psychoanalytic theory (Freud, Erikson, Lacan) to social and cultural questions. His article "Consumerism and Identity: Some Psychoanalytic Considerations" (2010) analyses how consumption has become central to the formation of individual and social identity.

Key Works

• "Consumerism and Identity: Some Psychoanalytic Considerations" (International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 2010) — consumption as symbolic, identity-building activity; the "ego project."

Key Concepts

Concepts associated with this author that have pages in this wiki:

• Consumerism
• Everyday Life

Relevance to Geoffrey's Research

Zepf offers a psychoanalytic account of why consumption is effective in shaping identity ("we are what we have"), complementing Geoffrey's more structural/discursive treatments of consumerism and the everyday with an account of the desiring, "lacking" subject.

Source Support

Source notes in this wiki drawn from this author's work:

• Consumerism and Identity (2010)