Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Godlessness, Purity and Simulacra 7
6. 2. The Terror of Writing 39
7. 3. Apathy, Energy and Transgression 62
8. 4. Ethics and Modernity 89
9. 5. Sadism as Formalism 117
10. 6. Literature and the Clinical 142
11. Conclusion 168
12. Notes 171
13. Bibliography 204
14. Index 222