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one. Looking for (Economic) Growth in the Eigh teenth Century
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Systems of Life, or Bioeconomic Politics 1
- one. Looking for (Economic) Growth in the Eigh teenth Century 35
- two. An African Diasporic Critique of Violence 56
- three. Rousseau: Vital Instinct and Pity 82
- four. System and Subject in Adam Smith’s Po liti cal Economy: Nature, Vitalism, and Bioeconomic Life 93
- five. Vitalism’s Revolution: John Thelwall, Life, and the Economy of Radical Politics 114
- six. Writing Generation: Revolutionary Bodies and the Poetics of Politi cal Economy 135
- seven. William Blake and the Time of Ontogeny 162
- eight. Concerning Hunger: Empire Aesthetics in the Pres ent Moment 201
- nine. The Hero Takes a Fall: Gravity, Comedy, and Darwin’s Entangled Bank 236
- Acknowledgments 255
- Contributors 257
- Index 261
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction. Systems of Life, or Bioeconomic Politics 1
- one. Looking for (Economic) Growth in the Eigh teenth Century 35
- two. An African Diasporic Critique of Violence 56
- three. Rousseau: Vital Instinct and Pity 82
- four. System and Subject in Adam Smith’s Po liti cal Economy: Nature, Vitalism, and Bioeconomic Life 93
- five. Vitalism’s Revolution: John Thelwall, Life, and the Economy of Radical Politics 114
- six. Writing Generation: Revolutionary Bodies and the Poetics of Politi cal Economy 135
- seven. William Blake and the Time of Ontogeny 162
- eight. Concerning Hunger: Empire Aesthetics in the Pres ent Moment 201
- nine. The Hero Takes a Fall: Gravity, Comedy, and Darwin’s Entangled Bank 236
- Acknowledgments 255
- Contributors 257
- Index 261
