critical theory with slavoj zizek: Back to the…veil in Islam: what if the true scandal this veil endeavors to obfuscate is not the feminine body hidden by it, but the INEXISTENCE of the feminine? What if…the…function of the veil is …to sustain the illusion that there IS something, the substantial Thing, behind the veil? …The “undecidability” of truth, for a succession of veils beneath which there is no ultimate hidden core,“ is a threat in Islam, writes Zizek.

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Back to the…veil in Islam: what if the true scandal this veil endeavors to obfuscate is not the feminine body hidden by it, but the INEXISTENCE of the feminine? What if…the…function of the veil is …to sustain the illusion that there IS something, the substantial Thing, behind the veil? …The “undecidability” of truth, for a succession of veils beneath which there is no ultimate hidden core,“ is a threat in Islam, writes Zizek.

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