Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: Precarious Knowledge, Dangerous Transfers, and the Materiality of Knowing 1
6. Part I Tactics of the Intellectual Precariat
7. Section I The Radical Persona
8. Introduction 25
9. 1 The Clandestine Precariat 31
10. 2 The Libertine’s Two Bodies 46
11. 3 Portrait of the Freethinker as a Young Man 69
12. 4 The Art of Deflation, or: How to Save an Atheist 101
13. 5 A Library of Burned Books 139
14. Section II Trust, Mistrust, Courage: Epistemic Perceptions, Virtues, and Gestures
15. Introduction 167
16. 6 Threatened Knowledge: Prolegomena to a Cultural History of Truth 171
17. 7 Harpocratism: Gestures of Retreat 200
18. 8 Dare to Know: Epistemic Virtue in Historical Perspective 224
19. Part II Fragility and Engagement in the Knowledge Bourgeoisie
20. Section III Problematic Transfers
21. Introduction 237
22. 9 A Table in One’s Hand: Historical Iconography 243
23. 10 Family Secrets: Precarious Transfers within Intimate Circles 281
24. 11 The Lost Package: The Role of Communications in the History of Philosophy in Germany 295
25. Section IV Communities of Fascination and the Information History of Scholarly Knowledge
26. Introduction 325
27. 12 Protection of Knowledge and Knowledge of Protection: Defensive Magic, Antiquarianism, and Magical Objects 331
28. 13 Mobility and Surveillance: The Information History of Numismatics and Journeys to the East under Louis XIV 355
29. 14 Microscripts of the Orient: Navigating Scholarly Knowledge from Notebooks to Books 381
30. Concluding Word 417
31. Index 423