Download or read book Lacanian Antiphilosophy and the Problem of Anxiety written by Brian Robertson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.'