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  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: Into the Slipstream of Flusser’s “Field of Possibilities”
  8. First Scenario: What If . . .
  9. Part 1. Scenes from Family Life
    1. Second Scenario: Grandmother
    2. Third Scenario: Grandfather
    3. Fourth Scenario: Great Uncle
    4. Fifth Scenario: Brothers
    5. Sixth Scenario: Son
    6. Seventh Scenario: Grandchildren
    7. Eighth Scenario: Great-Grandchildren
  10. Part 2. Scenes from Economic Life
    1. Ninth Scenario: Economic Miracle
    2. Tenth Scenario: Foreign Aid
    3. Eleventh Scenario: Mechanical Engineering
    4. Twelfth Scenario: Agriculture
    5. Thirteenth Scenario: Chemical Industry
    6. Fourteenth Scenario: Animal Husbandry
  11. Part 3. Scenes from Politics
    1. Fifteenth Scenario: War
    2. Sixteenth Scenario: Aural Obedience
    3. Seventeenth Scenario: Perpetual Peace
    4. Eighteenth Scenario: Revolution
    5. Nineteenth Scenario: Parliamentary Democracy
    6. Twentieth Scenario: Aryan Imperialism
    7. Twenty-First Scenario: Black Is Beautiful
  12. Part 4. Showdown
    1. Twenty-Second Scenario: A Breather
  13. Afterword
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Notes
  16. About the Author

Contents

Introduction: Into the Slipstream of Flusser’s “Field of Possibilities”

Anke Finger

First Scenario: What If . . .

Part 1. Scenes from Family Life

Second Scenario: Grandmother

Third Scenario: Grandfather

Fourth Scenario: Great Uncle

Fifth Scenario: Brothers

Sixth Scenario: Son

Seventh Scenario: Grandchildren

Eighth Scenario: Great-Grandchildren

Part 2. Scenes from Economic Life

Ninth Scenario: Economic Miracle

Tenth Scenario: Foreign Aid

Eleventh Scenario: Mechanical Engineering

Twelfth Scenario: Agriculture

Thirteenth Scenario: Chemical Industry

Fourteenth Scenario: Animal Husbandry

Part 3. Scenes from Politics

Fifteenth Scenario: War

Sixteenth Scenario: Aural Obedience

Seventeenth Scenario: Perpetual Peace

Eighteenth Scenario: Revolution

Nineteenth Scenario: Parliamentary Democracy

Twentieth Scenario: Aryan Imperialism

Twenty-First Scenario: Black Is Beautiful

Part 4. Showdown

Twenty-Second Scenario: A Breather

Afterword

Kenneth Goldsmith

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author

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The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance provided for the publication of this book by Greenhouse Studios at the University of Connecticut, through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Copyright 2022 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota

Translation and Introduction copyright 2022 by Anke Finger

Afterword copyright 2022 by Kenneth Goldsmith
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