Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface theme and variations ix
5. 1 In the Footsteps of Walter Benjamin 1
6. 2 Of Time and the River 22
7. 3 Imagining the Powers That Be 40
8. 4 On the Work of Human Hands 61
9. 5 Storytelling Events, Violence, and the Appearance of the Past 80
10. 6 Migrant Imaginaries 102
11. 7 A Walk on the Wild Side 135
12. 8 From Anxiety to Method 154
13. 9 Despite Babel 174
14. 10 On Birth, Death, and Rebirth 192
15. 11 Quandaries of Belonging 216
16. 12 A Critique of Colonial Reason 233
17. Notes 257
18. References 271
19. Index 289