Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1. Thinking Beyond the 20th Century: Democracy and Education After Liberalism Chapter 2. The Defects of Liberalism: Lasting Elements of Negative Pragmatism Chapter 3. Democracy as a Way of Life: Democracy in the Face of Terrorism Chapter 4. Relevances, Realities, Rat Races: Democracy as a
Personal Way of Life Chapter 5. From the Art of Surfaces to Control Societies and Beyond: Stoicism, Postmodernism and Pan-Machinism Chapter 6. From Consciousness of Doom to Criticism: Non-Dialectical Critical Theory Chapter 7. Genealogy, Critique and Transformation: In Our Time Chapter 8. Power/Inquiry: Criticism and the Logic of Pragmatism Chapter 9. Pragmatism, Pluralism and the Future of Philosophy: Farewell to an Idea Chapter 10. No Consolation: Life Without Spirituality, Philosophy Without Transcendence Index.