ACLA 2023
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Matrix: A Paranoid Opening Sequence
Beyond Chul Han's work on burnout asks us to read Neo in relation to the overtired knowledge workers of neoliberal achievement society. The cyberpunk image of illegal hacking late into the night loses its free song of resistance when we realize it is simply another version of working from home. This paper is dedicated to another example, one that latches on to the sex appeal of high theory, only to get trapped in a dynamic of appropriation and misappropriation. It brings us back to the contemporary suspicion of theory as conspiracy.
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