Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index
List of Illustrations -- - Preface -- - Preview: The Game of Back and Forth -- - 1 - Postmodernism and the Annihilation of Resemblance -- - 2 - Figures of Reconciliation -- - 3 - The Magic of Amorous Attraction -- - 4 - Recombinancy: Binding the Computational "New Mind" to the Combinatorial "Old Mind" -- - Postscript: Beyond Duality: From Adepts to Agents -- - Notes -- - Index