The Temptation of the Wall. Massimo Recalcati

      

CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Endorsement

      6  Warning

      7  Introduction Notes

      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

      13  End User License Agreement

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Dedication

      6  Endorsement

      7  Warning

      8  Introduction

      9  Begin Reading

      10  End User License Agreement

      Pages

      1  iii

      2  iv

      3  vi

      4  vii

      5  viii

      6  ix

      7  x

      8  xi