Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Note on the Text vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction. Habit—Then and Now 1
6. 1. Powering Habit 19
7. 2. Dead Ends and Nonstarters. Habit, Discipline, Biopower, and the Circulation of Capital 46
8. 3. Unwilled Habits. Descending Pathways 70
9. 4. Pathways to Virtue 97
10. 5. Unfolding Pathways. Habit, Freedom, Becoming 111
11. 6. Exploded Pathways. Plasticity’s Mentors 137
12. 7. Progressive Pathways. The Dynamics of Modernity, Race, and the Unconscious 160
13. 8. Contested Pathways. Habit and the Conduct of Conduct 184
14. Conclusion. The Arbitrariness of Habit 206
15. Notes 211
16. References 225
17. Index 243