The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century

Cover Title Page Contents Preface Introduction: An Evolution in the Rules of Thought PART ONE FREUD TO WITTGENSTEIN The Sense of a Beginning 1 Disturbing the Peace 2 Half-way House 3 Darwin’s Heart of Darkness 4 Les Demoiselles de Modernisme 5 The Pragmatic Mind of America 6 E = mc2, ⊃ / ≡ / v + C7H38O43 7 Ladders of Blood 8 Volcano 9 Counter-Attack PART TWO SPENGLER TO ANIMAL FARM Civilisations and Their Discontents 10 Eclipse 11 The Acquisitive Wasteland 12 Babbitt’s Middletown 13 Heroes’ Twilight 14 The Evolution of Evolution 15 The Golden Age of Physics 16 Civilisations and Their Discontents 17 Inquisition 18 Cold Comfort 19 Hitler’s Gift 20 Colossus 21 No Way Back 22 Light in August PART THREE SARTRE TO THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY The New Human Condition and The Great Society 23 Paris in the Year Zero 24 Daughters and Lovers 25 The New Human Condition 26 Cracks in the Canon 27 Forces of Nature 28 Mind Minus Metaphysics 29 Manhattan Transfer 30 Equality, Freedom, and Justice in the Great Society 31 La Longue Durée 32 Heaven and Earth PART FOUR THE COUNTER-CULTURE TO KOSOVO The View from Nowhere, The View from Everywhere 33 A New Sensibility 34 Genetic Safari 35 The French Collection 36 Doing Well, and Doing Good 37 The Wages of Repression 38 Local Knowledge 39 ‘The Best Idea, Ever’ 40 The Empire Writes Back 41 Culture Wars 42 Deep Order Conclusion: The Positive Hour Notes and References Index of Names, People and Places Index of Ideas and Subjects About the Author Praise for the Modern Mind Copyright About the Publisher