Technic and Magic : The Reconstruction of Reality (Paperback)

PREFACE, 'The Keymaker' by Timothy Morton INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - TECHNIC'S WORLD - Crisis of Reality - Technic - Measure and Infinity - No Outside - Crisis of Action, Crisis of Imagination CHAPTER TWO - TECHNIC'S COSMOGONY - Defining Terms - 1 Absolute Language - 2 Measure - 3 Unit - 4 Abstract General Entity - 5 Life As Vulnerability - Upper and Lower Limits: Ego Absconditus and Double Affirmation - Conclusion INTERMISSION - WHAT IS REALITY? - Between India and the West - Why Seek Reality? CHAPTER THREE - MAGIC'S COSMOGONY - Defining Terms - 1 The Ineffable as Life - 2 Person - 3 Symbol - 4 Meaning - 5 Paradox - Upper and Lower Limits: Double Negation and Deus Absconditus - Conclusion CHAPTER FOUR - MAGIC'S WORLD - Outside Within - Secret - Initiation - As if - Happy Ending Bibliography Index