Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION An Existential Question 1
5. PART I MODERNITY
6. Chapter 1 THE PRIORITY OF THE PRESENT 23
7. Chapter 2 THE STRANGER 31
8. Chapter 3 CITIZEN V. CONSUMER 45
9. Chapter 4 DEMOCRACY V. PLUTOCRACY 60
10. Chapter 5 MEANINGFUL WORK 79
11. Chapter 6 BECOMING A PERSON 98
12. Chapter 7 POSTMODERN LIFE CYCLES 111
13. PART II MY BODY, MYSELF
14. Chapter 8 UNCERTAINTY 125
15. Chapter 9 WHERE AM I? 166
16. Chapter 10 RECONSTRUCTING EXISTENTIALISM 181
17. PART III FACING THE FUTURE
18. Chapter 11 CRITIQUE 197
19. Chapter 12 RECONSTRUCTION 228
20. APPENDIX Funding the Stakeholder Society 271
21. NOTES 281
22. INDEX 299