Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Encounters
6. 1. The First Encounter 21
7. 2. “Who’s There?” 59
8. 3. Stagings of the Self 87
9. 4. Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht Discuss Franz Kafka: Exilic Journeys 118
10. Part Two. Constellations
11. 5. Accidents and Catastrophic Constellations 141
12. 6. Wishes, Promises, and Threats 177
13. Notes 199
14. Index 219