Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. A Hobbesian Life Raft 4
7. Chapter Two. The Tortures and Fate of the Body 41
8. Chapter Three. Creatures of Evil 70
9. Chapter Four. The Conquest of the Savages 105
10. Chapter Five. The Predicaments of Identity 125
11. Chapter Six. A Question of Taste 162
12. Chapter Seven. The Anthropophagus in the City 183
13. Chapter Eight. The Agent of Absolute Cruelty 233
14. Notes 263
15. Selected Bibliography 317
16. Index 333