Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Representations of the Intellectual in Everyday Life 1
5. PART I. FOUNDATIONS
6. The Plain Truth about Common Sense: Scepticism, Metaphysics, and Irony 35
7. Husserl's Sense of Wonder 63
8. Phronesis and Political Dialogue 95
9. Keeping a Straight Bat: Cricket, Civility, and Post- Colonialism 116
10. PART II: REACTIONS
11. Two Concepts of Pluralism 155
12. Critical Theory and Its Discontents 171
13. Nietzsche's Styles 182
14. Viral Culture 194
15. Interior Decoration 212
16. PART III: INTERVENTIONS
17. Tables, Chairs, and Other Machines for Thinking 229
18. Being Dandy: A Sort of Manifesto 248
19. Storage and Retrieval 268
20. Fear and Self-Loathing in Couchland: Eight Myths about Television 284
21. What Does It All Mean? 307
22. Index 323