Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction: Neo-Roman Mimesis and the Law of Ruin 1
6. PART ONE. After Carthage: The Roman Empire and Its Ruins 37
7. PART TWO. Neo-Roman Mimesis: Charles V at Tunis, 1535 109
8. PART THREE. Neo-Roman Mimesis in the Modern Age: Cook’s Second Voyage to the South Pacific and the French Conquest of Egypt and Algeria 137
9. PAR T FOUR. From Germany’s Anti- Napoleonic Barbarians to the Ruin Gazer Scenarios of the Conservative Revolution 239
10. PART FIVE. With the End in Mind: The Nazi Empire’s Neo- Roman Mimesis and the Ruined Stage of Rome 307
11. PART SIX. Romans or Greeks? Carl Schmitt and Martin Heidegger 401
12. Notes 445
13. Bibliography 537
14. Index 581