5. Playing In Fraught Societies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xxiii
5. Introduction: Loving And Hating America Since The 1990s 1
6. 1. Jewishness, Race, And Political Emotions 27
7. 2. The Fact Of Fraught Societies I: The Problem Of Remainders 74
8. 3. The Fact Of Fraught Societies II: The Problem Of Reproduction And The Missing Link Problem 100
9. 4. The Capability Of Play 131
10. 5. Playing In Fraught Societies 157
11. 6. Lenny Bruce And The Intimacy Of Play 190
12. 7. Phillip Roth Tells The Greatest Jewish Joke Ever Told 213
13. 8. All In The Family In The Moral History Of America 242
14. Epilogue: Losing Our “Religion” In The Domain Of Play 270
15. Notes 285
16. Index 351