David Wills is Professor of French Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. His major work, on the originary technicity of the human, is developed in three books: Prosthesis (Stanford, 1995), Dorsality (Minnesota, 2008), and Inanimation (Minnesota, 2016). He has translated various works by Jacques Derrida, including the forthcoming Theory and Practice (Chicago, 2018).

David Wills is Professor of French Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. His major work, on the originary technicity of the human, is developed in three books: Prosthesis (Stanford, 1995), Dorsality (Minnesota, 2008), and Inanimation (Minnesota, 2016). He has translated various works by Jacques Derrida, including the forthcoming Theory and Practice (Chicago, 2018).

Introduction 1
1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life 17
2. The Time of the Trap Door 54
3. The Future Anterior of Blood 87
4. Spirit Wind 119
5. Drone Penalty 150
6. Lam Time 185
Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited 217
Acknowledgments 219
Notes 221
Index 253