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Anxiety, Episode 5

Lectures on Lacan Podcast

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The Importance of the Symbolic

For Lacan, the big other is the symbolic. It provides you with a sense of identity, coherence. In order to move away from something, you have to hold it in mind. If you go through life hating a parent, you're probably going to wind up to be just like them because they wind up being your inadvertent role model.

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