Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction. Enabling Constraints 1
5. PART 1. REINVENTING THE SYMBOLIC
6. 1. INVENTIONS OF THE SYMBOLIC 51
7. 2. DEMANDING THE IMPOSSIBLE 86
8. PART 2. POLITICAL THEOLOGY AND THE QUESTION OF THE WRITTEN
9. 3. WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL 125
10. 4. THE GAP IN THE WRITTEN LAW AND THE UNWRITABLE ACT OF DECISION 151
11. 5. THE EVENT OF THE LETTER 176
12. 6. THE COMMANDMENT AGAINST THE LAW 205
13. CODA: Toward an Aesthetics of Symbolic Life
14. 7. FREEDOM THROUGH CONSTRAINTS 239
15. Notes 267
16. Index 293
17. Backmatter 301