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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.
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.
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.