Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. A Polar Model of Culture Change 1
5. PART I. MISANTHROPOLOGY IN PLATO’S DIALOGUES
6. 2. The Discourse of Pleonexia 15
7. 3. Dying Angry 31
8. 4. More Than a Talking Head 50
9. 5. The Perils of Uglytown 94
10. 6. Adeimantus and Glaucon 133
11. 7. Four Virtues in the Republic: (1) Wisdom 153
12. 8. Four Virtues in the Republic: (2) Courage, The Well-Born Lye 169
13. 9. Four Virtues in the Republic: (3) Temperance 180
14. 10. Four Virtues in the Republic: (4) Justice 192
15. 11. Apprehension in the Timaeus 204
16. PART II. MISANTHROPOLOGY IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE
17. 12. Cybernetic Alienation 215
18. 13. Collecting Body Parts in Leonardo’s Cave 232
19. 14. Prospero’s Humiliation 252
20. 15. The Drama of Competitive Posing 269
21. Notes 293
22. Index 309