William E. Connolly is editor of Political Theory and Professor of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. His books include The Terms of Political Discourse (1974, second edition 1983), Appearance and Reality in Politics (1981) and Politics and Ambiguity (1987), and he co-edits with Steven Lukes the series Readings in Social and Political Theory (published by Basil Blackwell and New York University Press).

• Preface vii 1 The Order of Modernity 1The modern frame 1A madman speaks 7Modernity and nihilism 122 Hobbes: The Politics of Divine Containment 16The ontological context 16The light of reason 21Nature, madness and artifice 26Rhetorics of nature and sovereignty 30Strategies of sovereignty 33Reason, faith and power 353 Rousseau: Docility Through Citizenship 41The eloquence of nature 41The simplicity of nature 47The paradox of politics 53The politics of virtue 57Faith, generality and will 61Interlude 1 Hobbes, Rousseau and the Marquis de Sade 68The holy alliance 68The blindness of nature 72The politics of pornography 794 Hegel: The politics of Inclusivity 86Madness and knowledge 86Community and subjectivity 93Faith and Enlightenment 100The perfection of Enlightenment 111Interlude 2 Hegel, Marx and the State 116The unity of the state 116The state without Spirit 121Pauperism and politics 125The state of modernity 1285 Nietzsche: Politics and Homesickness 137Truth and homesickness 137A genealogy of the subject 147A Nietzschean ethic 160The fate of modernity 168Notes 176Bibliography 183Index 190

William E. Connolly is editor of Political Theory and Professor of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. His books include The Terms of Political Discourse (1974, second edition 1983), Appearance and Reality in Politics (1981) and Politics and Ambiguity (1987), and he co-edits with Steven Lukes the series Readings in Social and Political Theory (published by Basil Blackwell and New York University Press).

• Preface vii 1 The Order of Modernity 1The modern frame 1A madman speaks 7Modernity and nihilism 122 Hobbes: The Politics of Divine Containment 16The ontological context 16The light of reason 21Nature, madness and artifice 26Rhetorics of nature and sovereignty 30Strategies of sovereignty 33Reason, faith and power 353 Rousseau: Docility Through Citizenship 41The eloquence of nature 41The simplicity of nature 47The paradox of politics 53The politics of virtue 57Faith, generality and will 61Interlude 1 Hobbes, Rousseau and the Marquis de Sade 68The holy alliance 68The blindness of nature 72The politics of pornography 794 Hegel: The politics of Inclusivity 86Madness and knowledge 86Community and subjectivity 93Faith and Enlightenment 100The perfection of Enlightenment 111Interlude 2 Hegel, Marx and the State 116The unity of the state 116The state without Spirit 121Pauperism and politics 125The state of modernity 1285 Nietzsche: Politics and Homesickness 137Truth and homesickness 137A genealogy of the subject 147A Nietzschean ethic 160The fate of modernity 168Notes 176Bibliography 183Index 190