[lit-ideas] Re: Kamikaze versus 9/11 Terrorists
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:58:00 -0500
Eric Yost wrote:
"The 'plain people' avoid all kinds of adornment. Like the Muslims,
they have strict rules for clothing and dress. "Body shame" is more an
outsider's term. Adherents to these views tend to refer to 'modesty.'"
Not at all. 'Plain dress' is a mark of non-worldliness and has nothing
to do with one's view of the body. The practice of 'plain dress'
belongs with not driving cars, not having insurance, not having a
telephone, etc. It is silly to take the one practice out of context and
give it a 'psychological' meaning. To connect this to another thread,
this is precisely Derrida's criticism of Lacan and Freudian readings of
symbolic meaning.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Toronto, ON
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