Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. Prologue. Teaching the Superman 1
4. Introduction. How the Book Came to Be 6
5. 1 Legitimate Science Fiction: From the History of Religions to the Superhumanities 31
6. 2 “The Truth Must Be Depressing”: Immunological Responses of the Intellectual Body 75
7. 3 The Human as Two: Toward an Apophatic Anthropology 115
8. 4 Theory as Two: Rewriting the Real 163
9. Conclusion. The Solid Rock Was Once Flowing 212
10. Epilogue. Phoenix Rising 225
11. Acknowledgments and the Sigil 233
12. Notes 237
13. Index 265