1. SSAA's first approach

The science of ago-antagonistic systems (SSAA) began with biomedical investigations aimed at bringing together, in a new way, known facts about the functioning of an endocrine system and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with dysfunctions of this system. We then realized that the ago-antagonist model remained valid in a wide range of pathological situations in medicine, and that it could be found (or, more accurately, reappeared) in a wide variety of disciplines, mainly in the human sciences: business organization, socio-economics, information systems, administration, history, semiotics, art history or philosophy...

Here are a few ideas to keep in mind throughout this article.

• SSAA's principles and methods may come as a surprise, but strictly speaking, they don't require any special effort to get...