Ooo. Zizek, even when I disagree with you, you make everything sound so good. Some basic thoughts: Islam excludes God from the domain of the patriarchal logic. Allah is not a father, not even a symbolic one. Rather, God is one - he is neither born nor does he give birth to creatures. Some not so basic thoughts: This is why Islam so emphasizes the fact that Muhammad himself was an orphan. This is why, in Islam, God intervenes precisely at the moments of the suspension or failure of the paternal function (when the mother or the child are abandoned by the biological father). This is also why Islam represented such a problem for Freud: his entire theory of religion is based on the connection between God and the father. Some weirdo things about the veil and truth that is critiqued in the link below. Some conclusion on which we both agree: We can see how, although Islam constantly receives bad press in the West for the way it treats women, there is a unique potential concealed beneath the patriarchal surface.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:09:13 +0000
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