PHILIPPE BRAUD is Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris and Director of the Department of Political Science at the Sorbonne. He is also Vice President of the Association française de science politique and the author of seven books, including L'émotion en politique (1996).JEFFREY REID received his doctoral degree in 1997 after 11 years of philosophical studies at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne. He has written Hegel-L'Ironie Romantique as well as several articles in learned journals. While continuing his philospohical research and writing, he currently teaches at the Lycée français in Toronto.

• Foreword Introduction Optimum Indifference to Politics Democracy and Self-Esteem A Culture of Conflict Legitimization The Crucial Question of Aggression Greed for Political Power Mythologies of Representative Government Conclusion Bibliography Index

PHILIPPE BRAUD is Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris and Director of the Department of Political Science at the Sorbonne. He is also Vice President of the Association française de science politique and the author of seven books, including L'émotion en politique (1996).JEFFREY REID received his doctoral degree in 1997 after 11 years of philosophical studies at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne. He has written Hegel-L'Ironie Romantique as well as several articles in learned journals. While continuing his philospohical research and writing, he currently teaches at the Lycée français in Toronto.

• Foreword Introduction Optimum Indifference to Politics Democracy and Self-Esteem A Culture of Conflict Legitimization The Crucial Question of Aggression Greed for Political Power Mythologies of Representative Government Conclusion Bibliography Index

PHILIPPE BRAUD is Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris and Director of the Department of Political Science at the Sorbonne. He is also Vice President of the Association française de science politique and the author of seven books, including L'émotion en politique (1996).JEFFREY REID received his doctoral degree in 1997 after 11 years of philosophical studies at the Université de Paris-Sorbonne. He has written Hegel-L'Ironie Romantique as well as several articles in learned journals. While continuing his philospohical research and writing, he currently teaches at the Lycée français in Toronto.

• Foreword Introduction Optimum Indifference to Politics Democracy and Self-Esteem A Culture of Conflict Legitimization The Crucial Question of Aggression Greed for Political Power Mythologies of Representative Government Conclusion Bibliography Index