Lacanian Antiphilosophy and the Problem of Anxiety - An Uncanny Little Object

Zusatztext 'This exploration of anxiety provides not only a path-breaking rethinking of the concept of anxiety but also a wholly new way of thinking about Jacques Lacan. Through Robertson's careful analysis, we discover a Lacan who participates in the existentialist project by reformulating its key concepts rather than dismissing them. This book is a genuine breakthrough.' - Todd McGowan, University of Vermont, USA 'Robertson's focus here is Lacan's crucially important 1962-63 seminar on anxiety. Robertson locates Lacan's problematic in relation to phenomenological and existential conceptions of anxiety in Heidegger, Sartre, and Kierkegaard, and provides detailed background on many of the seminar's more obscure references. The result is a useful illumination of an indispensable Lacanian text.' - Richard Boothby, Loyola University Maryland, USA Informationen zum Autor Brian Robertson is an independent scholar residing in Washington, USA. Klappentext 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.' Zusammenfassung 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.' Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Have No Fear ... 1. The Uncanny 2. Erotic Embarras and the Fetish Object 3. Anxiety in Sadism and Masochism 4. The Demonic Secret 5. Anxiety and Sexual Difference (I): Kierkegaard's Embarrassing Question 6. Anxiety and Sexual Difference (II): Genital Love and Countertransference 7. Anxiety in Animals and Speaking Animals 8. Adding Two 'New' Objects to the List: The Gaze and the Voice Concluding Remarks: 'Understumbling' Anxiety Bibliography ...

Product details

• Authors: Brian Robertson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137513526
• ISBN: 978-1-137-51352-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Sartre, B, Philosophie des Geistes, Phenomenology, Martin Heidegger, Phänomenologie und Existenzphilosophie, Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Analytische Philosophie und logischer Positivismus, Philosophy of Mind, Anthropology, Philosophy, Kierkegaard, History of Philosophy, Sören Kierkegaard, Subjectivity, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophical Traditions, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Philosophy of the Self, Analysis (Philosophy), Analytic Philosophy, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Existentialism, Movement (Philosophy)