Table of Contents

Preface: Diagrammatic Intensifications 1. "Being on the Lookout", the Animal 2. Biopotentiality and the Enemy 3. Architectonics of Hostage-Space 4. The Movement of the Black Stone 5. Delirium of Air 6. The New Weapon 7. Sovereign, Of the Outside 8. Taking, Seizing, The Event 9. Cry, the Inhuman Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

Gripping exposé of the act of hostage-taking, and of being a hostage, in the spheres of war and terrorism in post-communist geographies of global Islam.

About the Author

Dejan Lukic is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Reed College, Oregon, USA.

Reviews

An extended and highly original meditation on the ambiguous figure of the hostage in modern life.