Why Beau is Afraid

Anxiety is the only emotion that cannot deceive because its object cannot be signified. But can we encounter the object of anxiety in Beau is Afraid? Follow me as I use and abuse Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theories to conceptualize the cause of anxiety in BIA. *Original score by Brocken Bow: (available here) https://brockenbow.bandcamp.com/album... If you are a content creator looking to license and/or commission original music, I highly recommend reaching out to them. *Special thanks to Ryan Engley of the "Why Theory" podcast, a valuable resource for anyone approaching psychoanalytic theory from a continental philosophy perspective. Sources / affiliate links: Jacques Lacan: Seminar X - Anxiety https://amzn.to/49iB6lR Bruce Fink: The Lacanian Subject https://amzn.to/4aipKzJ LacanOnline: What is Anxiety?    • What is Anxiety? Introduction to Lacan's T...   Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - I. The Big Other: Mona 05:41 - II. The little other: Beau 07:32 - III. The Split Subject 10:44 - IV. The Phallus 18:32 - V. Mona's Desire 26:41 - VI. The Creation of Meaning