CONTENTS
EDITOR’S PREFACE
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: MIMESIS AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR
A PERSONAL ITINERARY
I: PLATO’S LIE
1: THE ORDER OF THE CITY
THE FIFTH MAN
QUESTIONS OF TIME
THE ORDER OF THE BANQUET
IMITATORS, HUNTERS, AND ARTISANS
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: DICE PLAYERS AND EXTERMINATORS
THE PHILOSOPHER IN THE WORKSHOP
THE THREE METALS: NATURE’S LIE
THE TWO MONEYS: COMMUNISM IN POWER
ANOTHER BANQUET, ANOTHER LIE
THE VIRTUE OF THE ARTISAN
THE PARADOX OF JUSTICE
WOMEN, BALD MEN, AND SHOEMAKERS
2: THE ORDER OF DISCOURSE
FROM ONE CAVE TO THE OTHER
BASTARD THINKING
THE PHILOSOPHER’S SLAVE
THE BABBLING MUTE
THE ORDER OF DELIRIUM
THE NEW BARRIER
THEATROCRACY
THE CHORUS OF CICADAS
THE DIVISION OF APPEARANCES
AT THE FOOT OF THE RAMPART
II: MARX’S LABOR
3: THE SHOEMAKER AND THE KNIGHT
THE INSURRECTION OF THE SHOEMAKERS
THE NIGHT OF ST. JOHN
THE IDEOLOGUE, THE SHOEMAKER, AND THE INVENTOR
4: THE PRODUCTION OF THE PROLETARIAN
THE ORDER OF PRODUCTION
THE OTHER CAVE
THE SCAFFOLDING OF WORK
THE NON-PLACE OF SCIENCE
LABOR AND PRODUCTION: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE RADICAL BOURGEOISIE
THE SCHOOL OF THE PROLETARIAN
THE BACKWARD WORKER, OR THE PARADOX OF COMMUNISM
A COMMUNIST AMONG THE LAPPS
A FALSE EXIT: CLASS AND PARTY
THE GENIUS OF THE STRAUBINGER
5: THE REVOLUTION CONJURED AWAY
THE ABSOLUTE BOURGEOISIE
THE BOURGEOIS BETRAYAL
THE TRIUMPH OF THE LUMPEN
THE SWAMP FLOWER
THE COMEDIAN KING AND THE BEGGAR KING
6: THE RISK OF ART
CAVALRYMEN AND COMEDIANS
THE DUTY OF THE BOOK
THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE
THE ERRANT SCIENCE
THE TESTAMENT OF THE ARTIST
III: THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE SOCIOLOGIST
7: THE MARXIST HORIZON
THE DÉCOR OF PRODUCTION
THE SUN AND THE HORIZON
THE PARADOXES OF PRODUCTION
8: THE PHILOSOPHER’S WALL
THE TIRED GUARDIAN
THE PARTY, OR CONTINUOUS CREATION
THE DIALECTICAL SEAL
THE PHILOSOPHER’S WINDOW
THE WORKER AT HIS MACHINE
THE ABSOLUTE WEAPON
THE SARTREAN KING
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE TYRANT
TANKS IN THE SNOW
THE PARASITIC DIALECTIC
THE LITTLE DYER
THE KING WITHOUT A SHADOW
THE EXPLOSION ON CANVAS
A WORLD WITHOUT WORKERS?
9: THE SOCIOLOGIST KING
THE MUSICIAN, THE CHIEF, AND THE DYER
THE SCIENCE OF RIGHT OPINION
THE SCISSORS AND THE KETTLE
THE DYE OF THE SHOEMAKERS
THE DENOUNCER DENOUNCED
EPIMENIDES THE CRETAN AND PARMENIDES THE MARXIST
THE PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENTS
THE SCIENCE OF PRACTICES
THE PIANIST, PEASANTS, AND THE SOCIOLOGIST
THE VULGAR SOCIOLOGIST AND THE DISTINGUISHED PHILOSOPHER
FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE
AFTERWORD TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION (2002)
NOTES
EDITOR’S PREFACE
MIMESIS AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR
A PERSONAL ITINERARY
CHAPTER 1: THE ORDER OF THE CITY
CHAPTER 2: THE ORDER OF DISCOURSE
CHAPTER 3: THE SHOEMAKER AND THE KNIGHT
CHAPTER 4: THE PRODUCTION OF THE PROLETARIAT
CHAPTER 5: THE REVOLUTION CONJURED AWAY
CHAPTER 6: THE RISK OF ART
CHAPTER 7: THE MARXIST HORIZON
CHAPTER 8: THE PHILOSOPHER’S WALL
CHAPTER 9: THE SOCIOLOGIST KING
FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE
AFTERWORD (2002)