Character Studies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Gambits and Gambles 1
4. Iron Filings 6
5. Pardon the Interruption 9
6. Content and Form 12
7. Form and Content 15
8. In the Beginning Was the Deed 18
9. Reworking Making 20
10. Deliberate Writing 24
11. Mistaking Instrumental Reason 27
12. Fits and Starts 31
13. A Cultivar 34
14. Quotation beyond Quotas 38
15. For Examples 41
16. In Nuce 45
17. Irony 46
18. Message in a Bottle 54
19. The Hour of the Wolf 57
20. It’s the Gesture That Counts 61
21. Furnishing the Space of Reasons 63
22. A Struggle with Ourselves 68
23. Who’s on First 71
24. Every One Is Everybody 76
25. The Secret Addressee 81
26. When We Undo Things with Words 85
27. Unknown Friends 89
28. Resoundingly Reticent 97
29. Provocation/Demonstration 100
30. Among the Pros (and Cons) 105
31. A: “O my friend, there are no friends.” B: “At least we’ve got each other.” 111
32. Then Came History 121
33. Equal to the Moment 124
34. Unequal to the Moment 130
35. After Beauvoir 134
36. Property Is Theft 136
37. Strange Alchemy 140
38. Public Commitment 143
39. Propagation without Propaganda 146
40. Bit by Bit 148
41. Taking Stances 152
42. Character Studies 158
43. Where Do We Find Ourselves? 167
44. Acknowledgments 173
45. Notes 175
46. References 183
47. Index 191