Contents
Preamble
I. Memories of the Secret
Origins
In the Crypt
Etymology
When the Secret Appears
Occult Force
II. The Secret’s Passions
Lifting the Veil
The Unavowable
A Treasure, a Poison
Genesis
Storia I
III. Being or Having
The Last Secret
The Body au secret
Eroticism
Storia II
Storia III
IV. Transparency and Truth
Violations
Dissimulations
Surveillances
Adaptations
Mirages
Big Data, Hyperconnection, Speed: The Spiral
Archives
Secret Societies
The Unifying Secret
V. An Ethics of the Secret
Panopticum: Bentham, Kant, Constant
Inappropriable
Creative Power
The Secret of Dreams
Sex and Prayer
Secret Sideration
Jealousies
The Conspiracy Theory
VI. Toward Mystery
Secret Nature
Veils
Legacies
Aside
A Part of One’s Own
Secret of the Prophetic Voice
Sacrifice
Mystery’s Share
Notes
Bibliography
