offense: a positive account of action in its full human context, in which the actor is in touch with the world and other people, in comparison with which the autistic pseudo-autonomy of manufactured experiences is revealed as a pale substitute. My hope is that the accounts I offer in this book of ordinary activities such as that of the short-order cook, the hockey player, and the motorcycle rider (and soon the glassmaker and the organ maker), will help to provide some concrete images that can serve this role.
