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Contents Foreword: Writing Between ix ฀ ฀ ฀ N.฀Katherine฀Hayles Acknowledgments xiii 1. The Livingthinglikeness of Language 1 2. Words and Things 4 3. Thirds and Wings 11 4. The฀Order฀of฀Things in a Nutshell 15 5. Artistic Interlude I: The Sick Mind Continues to Infinity 25 6. An Introductory Vignette 31 7. Sometimes a Cigar 36 8. On Meaning 39 9. Fact and Fiction 43 10. How Bad Facts Make Good Theories 51 11. Self-Reference I 58 12. Self-Reference II 70 13. Autopoiesis 78 14. Poetic Interlude: Defrosting 90 00.FM.i-xiv_Livi.indd฀฀฀7 9/27/05฀฀฀3:05:02฀PM 15. Performativity I: Power and Meaning 97 16. Performativity II: Metacleavage 109 17. Artistic Interlude II: The Abyss of Distinction 120 18. Performativity III: Retroactivism 124 19. The Return to Resemblance 134 20. Gravity Cannot Be Held Responsible? 146 21. Queer in a Queer World 160 22. An Alienist History 174 Bibliography 183 Index 189 00.FM.i-xiv_Livi.indd฀฀฀8 9/27/05฀฀฀3:05:02฀PM ...

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