Introduction

1. The Gestural Origins of Semiosis and Society: An Enlightenment Solution, 1745-60

2. Pantomime as Theater, 1760-89

3. Pantomime as Pedagogy, 1760-89

4. Revolutionary Regeneration and the Politics of Signs, 1789-94

5. Ending the Logomachy, 1795-99

Conclusion: The Savage, the Citizen, and the Language of the Law after 1800

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