CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction:The Return of the Repressed 1
5. 1 Liberalism and La Revanche de la Culture 11
6. 2 Kingdoms of Ends 35
7. 3 Who Is Culture? 56
8. 4 Modernity: Culture of Reason or Reason Against Culture? 79
9. 5 Postmodernity:Too Much Culture or Not Enough? 98
10. 6 Playing Reality 119
11. 7 Why There Is No Problem of Cultural Relativism 147
12. 8 What Is the Opposite of Jihad? 177
13. Conclusion: Culture’s Reasons 205
14. References 215
15. Index 225