Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. Part I: What is “The Plebs”?
7. 1. Historical Genesis of the Plebeian Principle 3
8. 2. Philosophical Genesis of the Plebeian Principle 44
9. Part II: The Question of the Forms of Political Organization
10. Prologue: On the Dominant Political Configuration of Modernity 105
11. 3. Sectional Societies and the Sans-Culottes of Paris 112
12. 4. The London Corresponding Society and the English Jacobins 142
13. 5. The Paris Commune of 1871 and the Communards 173
14. Part III: The Nature of the Human Bond
15. Prologue: Social Bond, Political Bond, and Modernity 201
16. 6. The Sans-Culottes: A Political Bond of Fraternity 205
17. 7. The English Jacobins: A Political Bond of Plurality 218
18. 8. The Communards: A Political Bond of Association 230
19. Conclusion 241
20. Notes 245
21. Bibliography 283
22. Index 301