Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Repurposing Zivilisationskritik for Progressive Ends 1
5. 1 Adorno’s Klages Project: The Origin of Negative Dialectics 28
6. 2 “Caesarism” Spengler’s Master Class in Democracy’s Self-Destruction 71
7. 3“Demystification of Antiquity”Dialectic of Enlightenment 116
8. Epilogue: Legacies of Adorno’s Gamble 156 Bibliography 156
9. Bibliography 175
10. Index 193