Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. PREFACE: THE STRUGGLE FOR BEING ix
5. Chapter 1 THE COURSE OF AN EVENT 1
6. Chapter 2 THE SPACE OF APPEARANCES 15
7. Chapter 3 VIOLENCE AND INTERSUBJECTIVE REASON 35
8. Chapter 4 CUSTOM AND CONFLICT IN SIERRA LEONE: AN ESSAY ON ANARCHY 53
9. Chapter 5 WHAT’S IN A NAME? AN ESSAY ON THE POWER OF WORDS 75
10. Chapter 6 MUNDANE RITUAL 93
11. Chapter 7 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE CRITIQUE OF GLOBALISATION 111
12. Chapter 8 FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN BODIES 127
13. Chapter 9 THE PROSE OF SUFFERING 143
14. Chapter 10 WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS? 159
15. Chapter 11 EXISTENTIAL IMPERATIVES 181
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 195
17. INDEX 211