Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Masters of Social Science Introduction to Part I 1 Marx: The Romance of Revolution Section I--History as Drama Section II--Political Representation Section III--Enter Weber Section IV--Representation of Representation 2 Weber: The State, Science, and the University Section I--Anticipations of Totalitarianism Section II--History and Theory of the State Section III--Science and Technology 3 Freud and Elias: The Civilizing Process Section I--Freud's Discontents with Civilization Section II--Elias' Manners Section III--Elias' State Part II: Untergangsters of History and Philosophy Introduction to Part II 103 4 Spengler: Cultural Pessimism and Anti-Semitism Section I--Kultur and Zivilization Section II--The Invention of the Magian Section III--Caesar ex Machina 5 Heidegger and Wittgenstein: Two Philosophers at Odds and Evens Section I--Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Spengler Section II--Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Anti-Semitism Section III--Wittgenstein on Language and Mind Section IV--Wittgenstein on Mathematics Section V--Heidegger'sSeinsgeschichte 6 Hannah Arendt: The Politics of Metaphysical Despair Section I--Arendt and Heidegger Section II--Arendt on Totalitarianism Part III: Critics of Culture, Society, and Science Introduction to Part III 7 Nietzsche: The Prophet of Nihilism Section I--Eschatology of History Section II--The Will to Power Section III--Truth, Knowledge, and Reason as Power 8 Foucault: Death and Resurrection of the Subject Section I--Foucault and Nietzsche Section II--Foucault and the Death of Man Epilogue Index pengler: Cultural Pessimism and Anti-Semitism Section I--Kultur and Zivilization Section II--The Invention of the Magian Section III--Caesar ex Machina 5 Heidegger and Wittgenstein: Two Philosophers at Odds and Evens Section I--Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Spengler Section II--Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Anti-Semitism Section III--Wittgenstein on Language and Mind Section IV--Wittgenstein on Mathematics Section V--Heidegger'sSeinsgeschichte 6 Hannah Arendt: The Politics of Metaphysical Despair Section I--Arendt and Heidegger Section II--Arendt on Totalitarianism Part III: Critics of Culture, Society, and Science Introduction to Part III 7 Nietzsche: The Prophet of Nihilism Section I--Eschatology of History Section II--The Will to Power Section III--Truth, Knowledge, and Reason as Power 8 Foucault: Death and Resurrection of the Subject Section I--Foucault and Nietzsche Section II--Foucault and the Death of Man Epilogue Index n I--Eschatology of History Section II--The Will to Power Section III--Truth, Knowledge, and Reason as Power 8 Foucault: Death and Resurrection of the Subject Section I--Foucault and Nietzsche Section II--Foucault and the Death of Man Epilogue Index.