Renata Salecl

On Anxiety

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on vivid examples, Renata Salecl argues that what really produces anxiety is the attempt to get rid of it. Erudite and compelling - essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety.

Produktdetails

• Thinking in Action
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU26347
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1900
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780415312769
• ISBN-10: 0415312760
• Artikelnr.: 13723633

Autorenporträt

Renata Salecl is currently Visiting professor in the Literature department at Duke University and Centennial Professor in the department of Law at the LSE. Her full time position is senior researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Anxiety at Times of War; Chapter 3 Success in Failure; Chapter 4 Love Anxieties; Chapter 5 Anxiety of Motherhood; Chapter 6 Can Testimony Offer a Cure for Anxiety?; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Rezensionen

'Erudite and compelling, On Anxiety is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety today.' - SirReadAlot.org

'A deft application of psychoanalytic insights to very everyday and quite familiar human situations ... a revealing and insightful way of looking at the contemporary world where they are imaginatively viewed through the lens of anxiety.' - Juliet Flower MacCannell, University of California

'Erudite and compelling, On Anxiety is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety today.' - SirReadAlot.org

'A deft application of psychoanalytic insights to very everyday and quite familiar human situations ... a revealing and insightful way of looking at the contemporary world where they are imaginatively viewed through the lens of anxiety.' - Juliet Flower MacCannell, University of California