University Press of America
Pages: 344
Trim: 5½ x 8¾
978-0-7618-1872-4 • Hardback • December 2000 • $109.00 • (£84.00)
Yuval Levin is an Associate Director at The Center for the Study of Technology and Society in Washington, D.C.
Chapter 1 Foreword by John Shosky
Chapter 2 Author's Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 The First Commandment
Chapter 5 From Chaos to Cosmos
Chapter 6 Three Teachers
Chapter 7 Synthesis
Chapter 8 The Monk and the Philosopher
Chapter 9 From Certainty to Doubt
Chapter 10 From Doubt to Certainty
Chapter 11 The Great Machine
Chapter 12 Social Physics
Chapter 13 Nature and Man
Chapter 14 A Science of Man
Chapter 15 Conquering Skepticism
Chapter 16 The March of History
Chapter 17 Dystopia
Chapter 18 A Refuge from Choice
Chapter 19 Conclusion
Chapter 20 Notes; Bibliography; Index
Yuval Levin has written a remarkable and profound book. His vast, encyclopedic research has led to a sustained, vigorous, and methodical attack on traditional views of the social science.
— Dr. John Shosky, American University