Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part 1
5. Prologue: Europeans at the Threshold 3
6. 1. Providence and the Orders of the World 11
7. 2. Living with Complexity circa 1700 47
8. 3. Man-Made Apocalypse: The Public Emergence of Self-Organization 93
9. Part 2
10. Prologue: An Island of Dreams 137
11. 4. The Order and Organization of Life 143
12. 5. The Emergence of Mind 183
13. Part 3
14. Prologue: An Island of Goats 225
15. 6. The Secret Concatenation of Society 233
16. 7. The Politics of Self-Organization 271
17. Epilogue 297
18. Acknowledgments 309
19. Notes 313
20. Index 363