17 The Impresario

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Prelude: The Sealed Envelope 1
4. PART I Modernity and the Question of Progress
5. 1 “No, in Thunder!” 13
6. 2 Requiem for the Enlightenment? 24
7. 3 The Hedgehog and the Fox 33
8. 4 Can We Be Good Without God? 45
9. 5 Solidarity Ever? 54
10. 6 The Contradictions of Conservatism 66
11. 7 Closing Time 75
12. 8 Reasons and Passions 82
13. PART II Politics and Culture
14. 9 Democratic Vistas, 2025 91
15. 10 Where Has Our Virtue Gone? 105
16. 11 Premature Anti-Utopians 117
17. 12 The Dandy 125
18. 13 Democracy-Proof 132
19. 14 The Logic of Mass Destruction 138
20. 15 Farewell, Hitch 147
21. 16 Corruption, Cruelty, Cant 160
22. 17 The Impresario 173
23. 18 Zippie World 186
24. PART III Glimmers of Utopia
25. 19 Crowds and Culture 197
26. 20 The Power of Negative Thinking 201
27. 21 Grand Disillusions 210
28. 22 The Realm of Necessity and the Realm of Freedom 218
29. 23 The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing 223
30. 24 Enough . . . for Now 229
31. 25 More Than Human? 239
32. Envoi: What W ere We Thinking? 247
33. PUBLICATION HISTORY 261
34. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 265
35. INDEX 267