A short
circuit occurs when there is a faulty connection in the network- faulty,
of course,
from the standpoint of the network’s smooth functioning.
Is not the shock of short-circuiting, therefore one of the best metaphors for a critical reading?
Is not one of the most effective critical procedures to cross wires that do not usually touch: to take a major classic (text, author, notion), and read it in a short-circuiting way, through the lens of a “minor” author, text, or conceptual apparatus
(“minor” should be understood here in Deleuze’s sense: not “of lesser quality,” but marginalized, disavowed by the hegemonic ideology, or dealing with a “lower,” less dignified topic)? If the minor reference is well chosen, such a procedure can lead to insights which completely shatter and undermine our common perception
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