Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Prologue; 1 Outlaws and Supporters; Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: From Rebels to Entrepreneurs; What This Book Is Not About; Feminine Advantage: A Digression on Method; Lack and the Criminogenic Features of Neoliberalism; References; 2 Sublime and Power; No Sublime Experience Without 'Safe' Distance; On the Fantasy of Savage Bikers as Sovereign 'Sacred Monsters'; The Sublime Experience of Self-Negation; Identification and Transformation; References; 3 Sovereignty and the Political; 'It Sucks When They Shout "You Nazi!", but Still...'

Self-Harming and Melancholia Under NeoliberalismTransgression and Sovereignty; Riding and (the Threat of) Death; Riding in a Pack, Killing and Sovereign Manhood; Neoliberal State and the Appeal of Non-state Sovereign Actors; Conspiracy Theories, Paranoia and the Search for Sovereignty; References; 4 Sacred Order and Symbolic Immortality; On the Desire for Sacred Order and the Function of the Sacred Patch; On the Paradoxical Relation of the Sacred and the Commodified; Defending the Sacred Against Dilution, Mockery, and Prohibitions; References; 5 Solidarity and Sacrifice

How Violent Acts Create Heartwarming FeelingsSymbolic Death and Rebirth: Therapy Culture to Honor Culture; Charitable Giving, Legitimization, and a 'Heart in the Right Place'; References; Epilogue; References; Index