Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Loving And Hating America Since The 1990s
1. Jewishness, Race, And Political Emotions
2. The Fact Of Fraught Societies I: The Problem Of Remainders
3. The Fact Of Fraught Societies II: The Problem Of Reproduction And The Missing Link Problem
4. The Capability Of Play
5. Playing In Fraught Societies
6. Lenny Bruce And The Intimacy Of Play
7. Phillip Roth Tells The Greatest Jewish Joke Ever Told
8. All In The Family In The Moral History Of America
Epilogue: Losing Our "Religion" In The Domain Of Play
Notes
Index