Preface: Camera Obscura

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface: Camera Obscura vii
4. Introduction: In the Theater of Sovereignty 1
5. 1 In the Chair: Shakespeare, Kant, Ionesco, Bacon 27
6. 2 Anointed with Oil: Shakespeare, Milton, Melville 57
7. 3 Behind the Curtain: Hobbes, Benjamin, Derrida, Deleuze 83
8. 4 In the Antechamber: Schiller, Kafka, Benjamin, Schmitt 113
9. 5 Under the Clothes: Montaigne, Kafka, Genet, Agamben 139
10. 6 Inside the Puppet Theater: Cervantes, Hobbes, Benjamin, Derrida 169
11. 7 In the Crowd: Jarry, Le Bon, Kelsen, Foucault 195
12. Conclusion: In the Empty Space 225
13. Notes 237
14. Bibliography 279
15. Index 301