I recall the French philosopher Alain Badiou arguing in one of his essays how the headscarf in France is tied to the free market, a market which wants to ban it. I would like to revisit Badiou's take on this. Explore how Badiou's contemporary Slavoj Žižek expanded on similar ideas regarding 'Islam' and capitalism. Although 'Islam' is not anti-capitalism per se! Islam is primarily the "religion of the poor". To what extent is that accurate in Western Europe in general? What is the role of religion and patriarchy? Muslim women are ordered or advised by their men not to work. Examining labour statistics for Muslim women in some European countries. 1. I recall the French philosopher Alain Badiou arguing in one of his essays how the headscarf in France is tied to the free market, a market which wants to ban it. I would like to revisit Badiou's take on this. You are remembering Alain Badiou’s highly provocative essay, " The Law on the Headscarf i...
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51