Table of Contents

Introduction I: Ethoses Across Time and Space Demots Perfectionists Virtuocrats Atomi sts Among Ethoses and Civilisations II: The Atomist Revolt and the Manoeuvres of Modernity Bridgehead Atomism and the Upending of History Challenges and the Global Dilemma Pacts and the Image of Progress Meritocracy as Cultural Strategy III: Universal Atomism Atomists, Liberals, and Knowing a Culture War When One Sees It Self and Character at History's End Atop the Demotic Residue Political Liberalism and the Myth of Neutrality Globalisation as Escape Heritage in Reverse IV: Resistances Modernity's Malcontents Moralist Manifestos Fortresses Become Prisons The New Left, the Ayatollahs, and the Ivory Tower V: From a Globe to a World Lessons and Prospects The Triple Partnership and the World Commonwealth Spectres of the Stake Reclaiming History

About the Author

Adam K. Webb