Crisis and Critique

Alenka Zupančič on Antigone, Iran, Marx, and a lot of other things

Feb 6, 2023
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Antigone's Complex Structural Role

  • Antigone is not simply a defender of family values or public law but embodies a structural split revealing deeper truths.
  • She represents a subjective claim intertwined with a pathological point of the social structure, unlike Creon who is more a personal will to power.
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Iranian Feminist Struggle's Dual Dynamic

  • Iran's current feminist struggles represent a unique combination of economic neoliberalism and religious theocracy.
  • The hijab becomes a political symbol masking economic similarities with the West while fueling social tensions and resistance.
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Ordinary Perversion in Crisis Response

  • The movie 'Don't Look Up' portrays society's crisis response as an 'ordinary perversion' of disavowal, not repression.
  • This means society openly acknowledges crises like climate change but acts as if they don't truly affect reality.
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