Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translation has always already begun: translator’s introduction vii
4. 1. Critique and life 1
5. 2. Critique and work 5
6. 3. The kríno constellation 8
7. 4. Technologies of critique 10
8. 5. The word “critique” 14
9. 6. Marx’s critical turn 18
10. 7. Crisis and avant-garde 19
11. 8. Critical attitude 24
12. 9. Sovereign critique I 25
13. 10. Hyperbole 28
14. 11. Sovereign critique II 31
15. 12. The epoch of critique 33
16. 13. Critique within the frame, critique of the frame 35
17. 14. Manet: the Kant of painting 38
18. 15. Heidegger’s demand 40
19. 16. Critique and figure 44
20. 17. Thought and figure 46
21. 18. The leveling of the pit 49
22. 19. The clash of film and theater 51
23. 20. Critique’s loss of aura 54
24. 21. Critique and mass 55
25. 22. Nihil and philosophy 60
26. 23. Jenny 62
27. 24. The epoch of nihilism. Nihil as epoch. 66
28. 25. The exhausted age 70
29. 26. The coexistence of technologies: Marx 73
30. 27. Referential illusion 75
31. 28. Critique and installation 76
32. 29. Critique as the unworking of theater 82
33. 30. Destruction 86
34. 31. Sovereign exception, destructive exception 87
35. 32. The absolute drought of critique 95
36. 33. Sorel: sovereign critique 97
37. 34. Benjamin: pure strike and critique 104
38. 35. The destruction of theater 107
39. 36. Thought is inseparable from a critique 111
40. Notes 115
41. Index 171