{"product_id":"on-anxiety-9780415312769","title":"On Anxiety","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from ''therapy culture'', the Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons of mass destruction. While Hollywood regularly cashes in on teenage anxiety through its \u003cem\u003eScream\u003c\/em\u003e franchise, pharmaceutical companies churn out new drugs such as Paxil to combat newly diagnosed anxieties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e takes a fascinating, psychological plunge behind the scenes of our panic stricken culture and into anxious minds, asking who and what is responsible. Putting anxiety on the couch, Renata Salecl asks some much-needed questions: Is anxiety about the absence of authority or too much of it? Do the media report anxiety or create it? Are drugs a cure for anxiety or its cause? Is anxiety about being yourself or someone else, and is anxiety really the ultimate obstacle to happiness? \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on vivid examples from films such as the \u003cem\u003eX Files\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCyrano de Bergerac\u003c\/em\u003e, drugs used on soldiers to combat \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Erudite and compelling,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Anxiety\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, psychology and the cultural phenomenon of anxiety today.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSirReadAlot.org\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'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.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJuliet Flower MacCannell, University of California\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'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.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJuliet Flower MacCannell, University of California\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 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;","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018130620759,"sku":"9780415312769","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415312769.jpg?v=1750775738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-anxiety-9780415312769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}