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1|Acknowledgements|6
1|Contents|8
1|Prologue|9
1|1 Outlaws and Supporters|26
2|Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: From Rebels to Entrepreneurs|28
2|What This Book Is Not About|35
2|Feminine Advantage: A Digression on Method|37
2|Lack and the Criminogenic Features of Neoliberalism|41
2|References|45
1|2 Sublime and Power|53
2|No Sublime Experience Without ‘Safe’ Distance|56
2|On the Fantasy of Savage Bikers as Sovereign ‘Sacred Monsters’|60
2|The Sublime Experience of Self-Negation|70
2|Identification and Transformation|73
2|References|79
1|3 Sovereignty and the Political|84
2|‘It Sucks When They Shout “You Nazi!”, but Still…’|91
2|Self-Harming and Melancholia Under Neoliberalism|93
2|Transgression and Sovereignty|98
2|Riding and (the Threat of) Death|100
2|Riding in a Pack, Killing and Sovereign Manhood|105
2|Neoliberal State and the Appeal of Non-state Sovereign Actors|111
2|Conspiracy Theories, Paranoia and the Search for Sovereignty|117
2|References|130
1|4 Sacred Order and Symbolic Immortality|138
2|On the Desire for Sacred Order and the Function of the Sacred Patch|147
2|On the Paradoxical Relation of the Sacred and the Commodified|157
2|Defending the Sacred Against Dilution, Mockery, and Prohibitions|168
2|References|185
1|5 Solidarity and Sacrifice|194
2|How Violent Acts Create Heartwarming Feelings|198
2|Symbolic Death and Rebirth: Therapy Culture to Honor Culture|207
2|Charitable Giving, Legitimization, and a ‘Heart in the Right Place’|213
2|References|220
1|Epilogue|224
2|References|226
1|Index|227
1|Contents|8
1|Prologue|9
1|1 Outlaws and Supporters|26
2|Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: From Rebels to Entrepreneurs|28
2|What This Book Is Not About|35
2|Feminine Advantage: A Digression on Method|37
2|Lack and the Criminogenic Features of Neoliberalism|41
2|References|45
1|2 Sublime and Power|53
2|No Sublime Experience Without ‘Safe’ Distance|56
2|On the Fantasy of Savage Bikers as Sovereign ‘Sacred Monsters’|60
2|The Sublime Experience of Self-Negation|70
2|Identification and Transformation|73
2|References|79
1|3 Sovereignty and the Political|84
2|‘It Sucks When They Shout “You Nazi!”, but Still…’|91
2|Self-Harming and Melancholia Under Neoliberalism|93
2|Transgression and Sovereignty|98
2|Riding and (the Threat of) Death|100
2|Riding in a Pack, Killing and Sovereign Manhood|105
2|Neoliberal State and the Appeal of Non-state Sovereign Actors|111
2|Conspiracy Theories, Paranoia and the Search for Sovereignty|117
2|References|130
1|4 Sacred Order and Symbolic Immortality|138
2|On the Desire for Sacred Order and the Function of the Sacred Patch|147
2|On the Paradoxical Relation of the Sacred and the Commodified|157
2|Defending the Sacred Against Dilution, Mockery, and Prohibitions|168
2|References|185
1|5 Solidarity and Sacrifice|194
2|How Violent Acts Create Heartwarming Feelings|198
2|Symbolic Death and Rebirth: Therapy Culture to Honor Culture|207
2|Charitable Giving, Legitimization, and a ‘Heart in the Right Place’|213
2|References|220
1|Epilogue|224
2|References|226
1|Index|227