part 1 West and East Introduction to Part 1 1 The Ages and Stages of History 1 Land and Sea Civilizations 2 Oriental Despotism 3 Western Modernity 4 The Collapse of Europe 5 Civilization in America 2 The Resurgence of the East 1 Capitalist Despotism 2 The Eurasian Axis 3 Leviathan versus Behemoth part 2 Politics Introduction to Part 2 3 Egalitarianism and Socialism 1 An Outline of Western Republican Politics 2 The Exceptional Nature of Egalitarianism 3 The Failure of Egalitarianism in Socialist Societies 4 The Failure of Egalitarianism in Liberal Societies 4 Fraternity and Nationalism 1 German Nationalism 2 The Birth of Nazism from the Spirit of Classicism 3 Wagner, Nietzsche and Heidegger 4 The New Nationalisms in the World part 3 Ethics and Ethos Introduction to Part 3 5 Manners, Morals and Laws 1 Success and Succession 2 The Austen Paradox 3 The Rule of Law 4 Demoralization, a Short History 6 The Death of Culture 1 Sport as Surrogate Culture 2 The Sportification of Culture 3 Culture and the Media 4 Culture and the Internet Afterword - in the Twilight of a Cultural Dark Age Bibliography Index.