The problem of the South African university, and society in the same breath, is not so much that of governance or politics but ideology. The deepening realisation of the farcicality and impossibility of strategies, attendant ideologies and “master signifiers” of transformation (such as diversity, multiculturalism and rainbow nation) of the South African society and (whatever remains of) its institutions has never been more acute than now, when the insistence at meaningful change and the unanimous rejection, mostly by blacks, of the university (at least in its current form) have gained traction. This paper draws on Žižek’s Lacanian theory of ideology to provide a counter-narrative and reading of official transformation consensus and ideologies like diversity, by highlighting their ethical liminalities. The underside of diversity’s official claims to equality and justice are unmasked, and the terror and ironies of this liberal ideology are exposed, especially its refusal to recognise that whiteness (as a system) and justice can never coexist or inhabit the same space. Transformation discourse, of our kind, fashioned under diversity’s register can never escape being appropriated by liberal ideology and practice, as yet another means to reaffirm its priorities.

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“非殖民化，不要多样化”：剥夺南非学术界的多样性，将其作为思想上的太平洋化的工具

南非大学的问题与社会息息相关，与其说是治理或政治问题，不如说是意识形态问题。南非社会以及（无论何种形式）其变革的战略，伴随的意识形态和变革（例如多样性，多元文化主义和彩虹国家）的“主要标志”的讽刺性和可能性的加深认识，从来没有像现在这样敏锐。 ，当人们坚持要进行有意义的变革和普遍反对黑人（至少以目前的形式）对大学的反对时（至少以目前的形式）。本文借鉴了齐泽克的拉康主义意识形态理论，通过强调道德上的局限性，对官方转型共识和意识形态（例如多样性）进行了反叙事和阅读。多样性官方对平等和正义的主张的底面没有被揭露，这种自由主义意识形态的恐怖和讽刺也暴露了出来，特别是它拒绝承认白人（作为一个系统）和正义永远不能共存或居住在同一个空间。在多元化的背景下进行的这种变革话语，是自由主义意识形态和实践永远无法逃脱的，它是重申其优先次序的另一种手段。