ABSTRACT

This book presents some eruptions of archaic compulsions and behaviors and the forms that they acquire in contemporary societies. It explores how we see and feel our bodies and some of the ways evolution and culture are transforming them.

part |17 pages

Introduction

chapter |5 pages

Discontinuities

part |36 pages

The Evolution of Splendor

chapter |23 pages

Quadrille

chapter |10 pages

How One Feels, How One Looks

part |44 pages

Dismemberments

chapter |15 pages

The Social Body

chapter |14 pages

The Physiology of Art

chapter |10 pages

Transparency

part |26 pages

Attachments

chapter |9 pages

Appetite

chapter |14 pages

Fetishism

part |28 pages

Potlatch

chapter |18 pages

Flesh Trade

chapter |6 pages

Good Deeds