Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Who Was Herzen? 1
5. 2. Russia and the Romantic Revolution 8
6. 3. A Romantic Youth 24
7. 4. A Revolution in Science 35
8. 5. Science and History 54
9. 6. An Education in Method 67
10. 7. Science and Saint-Simonism 88
11. 8. Prison and Exile 119
12. 9. Awakening 138
13. 10. The Discovery of Chance 160
14. 11. From Bacon to Feuerbach: Nature and Time 187
15. 12. Man in the Middle 228
16. 13. A Conservative Revolution 261
17. 14. A Glowing Footprint: Herzen and Proudhon 289
18. 15. Toward Another Shore 322
19. 16. View from the Other Shore 340
20. 17. The Living Truth 363
21. 18. In Defense of Inconsistency 382
22. 19. What Is History? 412
23. 20. The Polish Uprising 452
24. 21. True Nihilism 474
25. 22. The Last Years 500
26. Epilogue 524
27. Notes 535
28. Illustration Credits 583
29. Index 585