Lacanian Antiphilosophy and the Problem of Anxiety [electronic resource] : An Uncanny Little Object /
Robertson, Brian.author.
This book brings Jacques Lacan's work on the problem of anxiety into a jarring and fruitful confrontation with phenomenology, existentialism, and the 'jargon' of authenticity. Brian Robertson masterfully upends a host of received philosophical truths - most notably, and crucially, the idea that anxiety 'lacks an object.'.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The uncanny -- Erotic embarras and the fetish object -- Anxiety in sadism and masochism -- The demonic secret -- Anxiety and sexual difference : Kierkegaard's embarrassing question -- Anxiety and sexual difference : genital love and countertransference -- Anxiety in animals and speaking animals -- Adding two newo bjects to the list: the gaze and the voice -- Understumbling anxiety.
This book brings Jacques Lacan's work on the problem of anxiety into a jarring and fruitful confrontation with phenomenology, existentialism, and the 'jargon' of authenticity. Brian Robertson masterfully upends a host of received philosophical truths - most notably, and crucially, the idea that anxiety 'lacks an object.'.
Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.
Philosophy.
Analysis (Philosophy).
Philosophy of mind.
Phenomenology .
Movement (Philosophy).
Existentialism.
History of Philosophy.
Analytic Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mind.
Phenomenology.
Philosophical Traditions.
Existentialism.