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Seeing through the lens of a 'minor' author.



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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