Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Grazie xiii
5. Prologue: Narratocracy and the Contours of Political Life 1
6. One: From Nomos to Nomad: Kant, Deleuze, and Rancière on Sensation 21
7. Two: The Piazza, the Edicola, and the Noise of the Utterance 45
8. Three: Machiavelli’s Theory of Sensation and Florence’s Vita Festiva 74
9. Four: The Viewing Subject: Caravaggio, Bacon, and The Ring 96
10. Five: ‘‘You’re Eating Too Fast!’’: Slow Food’s Ethos of Convivium 123
11. Epilogue: ‘‘The Photographs Tell It All’’: On an Ethics of Appearance 149
12. Notes 155
13. Bibliography 189
14. Index 201