critical theory with slavoj zizek: What is enigmatic for the Other is myself, i.e. I am the enigma for the Other, so that I find myself in the strange position (like in detective novels) of someone who all of a sudden finds himself persecuted, treated as if he knows (or owns) something, bears a secret, but is totally unaware what this secret is. The formula of the enigma is thus: ‘What am I for the Other? What for an object of the Other’s desire am I?’ Because of this gap, the subject cannot ever fully and immediately identify with his symbolic mask or title