Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Agency, texts, and passion
7. Chapter 1. For a renewed conception of action 15
8. Chapter 2. How texts (and other things) do things with words 27
9. Chapter 3. Passion, animation, and decision 57
10. Part II. Ventriloquism and incarnation
11. Chapter 4. Ventriloquism or the ecstatic dimension of communication 85
12. Chapter 5. Incarnation 141
13. Conclusion 169
14. References 175
15. Author index 193
16. Subject index 197