Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Rhythm of Life: The Pulse in the Image; Chapter 2: The Rhythm of Life: The Pulse in the Spectator; Chapter 3: Aisthesis and Dispositif: The Pulse and its Analogues; Chapter 4: Automutilation and Metonymy: The Economy of the Pulse; Chapter 5: Blood and Convulsive Affect: Vectors of the Pulse as Sovereign Operations; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.