4. The Use of the World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Translator’s Note xi
4. Prefatory Note xiii
5. Prologue xv
6. I. The Use of Bodies
7. 1. The Human Being without Work 1
8. 2. Chresis 24
9. 3. Use and Care 31
10. 4. The Use of the World 38
11. 5. Use-of-Oneself 49
12. 6. Habitual Use 58
13. 7. The Animate Instrument and Technology 66
14. 8. The Inappropriable 80
15. Intermezzo I 95
16. II. An Archeology of Ontology
17. Introduction 111
18. 1. Ontological Apparatus 115
19. 2. Theory of Hypostases 135
20. 3. Toward a Modal Ontology 146
21. Intermezzo II 176
22. III. Form-of-Life
23. 1. Life Divided 195
24. 2. A Life Inseparable from Its Form 207
25. 3. Living Contemplation 214
26. 4. Life Is a Form Generated by Living 220
27. 5. Toward an Ontology of Style 224
28. 6. Exile of One Alone with One Alone 234
29. 7. “That’s How We Do It” 240
30. 8. Work and Inoperativity 245
31. 9. The Myth of Er 249
32. Epilogue: Toward a Theory of Destituent Potential 263
33. Bibliography 281
34. MERIDIAN 293