Almost nothing

Introduction: Almost nothing Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958–71 1. Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age 2. 'At the point of imperceptibility' 3. The 'good-for-nothing' Part II: The 'light years', 1991–2009 4. Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity' 5. Futility and precarity Postscript: On the humanism of precarious works Index