Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Note on Transliteration xv
5. Introduction to the American Edition 1
6. Prologue 14
7. 1. The Long Road to Enlightenment 21
8. 2. The Formation of Modern Greek Historical Consciousness 63
9. 3. The Geography of Civilization: From Adulation to Revolution 89
10. 4. Enlightened Absolutism as a Path to Change 117
11. 5. Ancients and Moderns: Cultural Criticism and the Origins of Republicanism 156
12. 6. The Revolution in France: Th e Glow and the Shadow 175
13. 7. The Enlightenment’s Political Alternative 200
14. 8. The Enlightenment as Social Criticism 230
15. 9. The Republican Synthesis: A Matrix for Nationalism 260
16. 10. The Fate of the Enlightenment 291
17. Epilogue: The Conditions of Liberal Politics 336
18. Abbreviations 349
19. Notes 353
20. Acknowledgments 429
21. Index 433