A critical reading, Žižek suggests, works like a short circuit—by connecting unlikely texts or ideas, especially pairing major works with marginal or disavowed ones, it shocks us into seeing what the original text disavows or cannot articulate. This method doesn’t reduce meaning but reveals its hidden assumptions and ideological blind spots.
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Nothing says “we’re here to help small businesses” quite like charging $95 to read the rules - and threatening to sue if you share them. This is the story of how one closed standard gave birth to an open-source revolt that refuses to play by its rules.
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In Emancipation After Hegel, Todd McGowan refutes Ayn Rand’s use of the Law of Identity as the foundational axiom underpinning her political defense of laissez-faire capitalism.
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Professionalisation should stand on its own merits — not on the illusion that it will prevent the next fraud. If we build professionalisation on that fantasy, we are not protecting businesses or consumers — we are deceiving ourselves.
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Professionalisation was explored, revisited, and reconsidered. AISA’s journey reflects not opposition, but the careful weighing of complex questions over time.
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