Au tribunal des citations : l’auctorialité contrariée

Abstract

Is the quote a self-renunciation in the academic exercise of rewriting? Are we plagiarists... and complicit technology? We are summoned to appear in the citation court; our cause is that of the righteous, aware of the valueof people and individuals. However, our authorship isthwarted for good reason: plagia-rism undermines and destroys our ego and our claim to perfect the things of the spirit. Only remain some points of suspension, which surprise us and sur-prise us...