<p>What&rsquo;s in a prefix? How to read a prefix as short as &lsquo;re-&rsquo;? Does &lsquo;re-&rsquo; really signify? Can it point into a specific direction? Can it reverse? Can it become the shibboleth of a &lsquo;postcritical&rsquo; reboot? At first glance transparent and directional &lsquo;re-&rsquo; complicates the linear and teleological models commonly accepted as structuring the relations between past present and future opening onto errant temporalities.</p>