Chapter One: Nothing, the Parmenidean Scourge

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XI
3. Introduction: In the Beginning Was the Joke 1
4. Chapter One: Nothing, the Parmenidean Scourge 81
5. Chapter Two: Representing the Real Joke 111
6. Chapter Three: Joking in the Cave 138
7. Chapter Four: Difference Is a Joke 158
8. Chapter Five: Signifying the Real Joke 196
9. Chapter Six: Meta-Poststructuralism 225
10. Chapter Seven: Physical Amusement 260
11. Epilogue: Tὸ τέλος σημειωτικής 277
12. Bibliography 279
13. Discography 288
14. Index 290