Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents VII
3. Preface to the English Edition IX
4. Introduction: The Problematic Centrality of the Image 1
5. I. Origins and Concepts 11
6. II. Inherent Theory 37
7. III. Schematic Image Acts: Animation of the Image 77
8. IV. Substitutive Image Acts: The Exchange of Body and Image 137
9. V. Intrinsic Image Acts: Image as Form 193
10. VI. Conclusion: The Nature of the Image Act 265
11. Postscript: The Eye in Flight 285
12. Acknowledgements 289
13. Bibliography 293
14. Index 341
15. Picture Credits 359