Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Philosophical Atmospheres of Breathing
6. Logos and Psyche 3
7. The Possibility of a New Respiratory Ontology 25
8. Breath as a Way of Self-Affection 51
9. Aesthetics of Breathing 69
10. Philosophical Traditions of Breathing
11. The Breathing of the Air 83
12. Mindfulness of Breathing in Early Buddhism 99
13. Inspiration and Expiration 115
14. The Concept of Qi in Chinese Philosophy 127
15. Phenomenology of the Wind and the Possibility of Preventive Medicine 141
16. Voices and Media of Breathing
17. “Thoughts, that Breathe” 153
18. Theater of Breath 167
19. The Media of Breathing 179
20. Breathful and Breathless Worlds
21. The Politics of Breathing 199
22. Breath as the Hinge of Dis-ease and Healing 219
23. Invisible Suffering 233
24. Feminist Politics of Breathing 247
25. Postface
26. The Commonwealth of Breath 263
27. Contributors 277
28. Index 283