Lyotard’s response to the nihilism of representational theory is not to propose an “other” to it (which he believes is impossible), but to inscribe theory itself into the libidinal economy. It is the concept of dissimulation which makes this possible. Systems dissimulate affects.

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Nefarious definition, extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot. See more.

That one can neither simulate nor dissimulate anything including a refined education I need hardly tell you. In 1920, Wittgenstein was given his first job as a primary school teacher in Trattenbach, under his real name, in a remote village of a few hundred people. His first letters describe it as beautiful, but in October 1921, he wrote to ...

To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesn't have. But it is more complicated than that because simulating is not pretending: "Whoever fakes an illness can simply stay in bed and make everyone believe he is ill. Whoever simulates an illness produces in himself some of the symptoms"

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Dissemble definition, to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business. See more.

Dissipate definition, to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. See more.