The Temptation of the Wall. Massimo Recalcati
CONTENTS
1 Cover
6 Warning
8 1 The Border Roots and Freedom The Uncivil Disease of the Wall Contamination Delirium The Temptation of the Wall The First Face of the Foreigner The Fearful Sensation of Life The Intruder We Are All Foreigners Notes
9 2 Hate The Passion of Hate Hate is Older than Love Hate or the Word? Hate as an Alternative to the Painful Labour of Mourning Envious Hate Envy of Life Notes
10 3 Ignorance The Father-as-Master The Consolidation of Ignorance The Democracy of Books An Anecdote about Freud In Praise of Ignorance Notes
11 4 Fanaticism The Power of a Flag The Fanatical Phantom of Purity Escape from Freedom The Inhumane Primacy of the Idea The Universal and the Particular The Spirit of Sacrifice Notes
12 5 Freedom The Urge to Freedom The Sado-Masochistic Bond We Never Live Alone Degeneration of Freedom Populism as an Incestuous Deviation of Democracy The Poetry of Institutions Notes
Guide
1 Cover
7 Warning
Pages
1 iii
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3 vi
4 vii
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6 ix
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