Prologue: Towards an Experimental Analytics of Government; Part 1: Rousseau and the Critique of Biopolitics: 1. Rousseau’s Aporia; 2. The Community of Solitary Walkers; Part II: Freeform Life: 3. Biopower and the Politics of Contingency; 4. Is There a Democratic Form of Life?; 5. Demos Distracted; 6. How to Enjoy Democracy Again (and Again); Epilogue: Why Democracy is Good for Life.