Believing one’s exteriority transparently reveals inner being subjects one to others’ gaze

Evidence

When the organs ‘become a sign’ they place the subject at the mercy of the gaze of others. Man sees himself being seen and seeing: he has become doubled and, at the same time, multiplied perspectivally. … This state of absolute transparency is the paradoxical result of a phantasm of opacity. Following the logic of this immediate ‘transformation into sign’, the interior becomes something ‘invisible’ which, although expressed by the organs, remains ineffable, non-existent, and merely intended. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 554

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Connects to the MOC thread on plastic receptivity: the subject here is a passive screen available to others’ gaze, but the passage shows that transparency to others and interior opacity are the same movement — bear on what tips receptivity into explosive agency.