Enduring Love: From Urbane Objectivity To Panicked Object

In Lesson XXI of the seminar Anxiety,[1] Lacan observes of a particular type of anxiety that it is not possible to speak about it without provoking at least some echo of it. He was referring to his audience. For my part I can only say that it is certainly true for the speaker. The prospect of this talk has provided an excellent forum for an encounter with some of the most salient aspects emphasized by Lacan, notably the connection for the neurotic subject between anxiety and the expectation of the other.…