Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. CONTRIBUTORS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. POST SCRIPTUM TRISTE xi
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. PART I On Merquiorian Thought
8. 1 A Panoramic View on the Renaissance of Liberalisms 5
9. 2. Merquior and Liberalism 21
10. 3. Modernity and Postmodernity in the Thought of Jose Merquior 37
11. 4. Merquior the Liberalist 65
12. 5. Variations on a Theme by J. G. Merquior 77
13. Part II On Merquiorian Themes
14. 6. Liberalism and Trust 99
15. 7. Adam Ferguson and the Surprising Robustness of Civil Society 119
16. 8. Politics and Morality 133
17. 9. On Deliberation: Rethinking Democracy as Politics Itself 145
18. 10. On 'Postmodern' Scepticism 173
19. 11. The Futures of Latin America: Conservative or Liberal-Democratic? 201
20. PART III On Merquior's Life and Work
21. 12. Jose G. Merquior, 1941-1991 211
22. 13. Annotated Bibliography of Jose G. Merquior 219
23. Index 229