Contents

Preface
ONE Quasi-Things Come and Go and We Cannot Wonder Where They’ve Been (Starting from the Wind)
TWO Quasi-Things Assault and Resist Us: Feelings as Atmospheres
THREE Quasi-Things Are Felt (though Not Localized): The Isles of the Felt-Body
FOUR Quasi-Things Are Proofs of Existence: Pain as the Genesis of the Subject
FIVE Quasi-Things Affect Us (Also Indirectly): Vicarious Shame
SIX Quasi-Things Communicate with Us: From the Gaze to the Portrait (and Back)
SEVEN Quasi-Things Are the More Effective the Vaguer They Are: Twilightness
Notes
Bibliography
Index