Raymond Geuss teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His most recent books include "Philosophy and Real Politics, Outside Ethics", and "Public Goods, Private Goods" (all Princeton).

"[A] terrific collection... Philosophy fails, writes Geuss, mostly by being unhistorical; he makes the case for understanding politics only in a richly articulated historical context."--Brendan Boyle, BookForum "[A] miniature classic worthy of strenuous rereading."--Fred Inglis, Times Higher Education

• Preface vii Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER I: Political Judgment in Its Historical Context 1 CHAPTER II: The Politics of Managing Decline 17 CHAPTER III: Moralism and Realpolitik 31 CHAPTER IV: On the Very Idea of a Metaphysics of Right 43 CHAPTER V: The Actual and Another Modernity Order and Imagination in Don Quixote 61 CHAPTER VI: Culture as Ideal and as Boundary 81 CHAPTER VII: On Museums 96 CHAPTER VIII: Celan's Meridian 117 CHAPTER IX: Heidegger and His Brother 142 CHAPTER X Richard Rorty at Princeton Personal Recollections 151 CHAPTER XI: Melody as Death 164 CHAPTER XII: On Bourgeois Philosophy and the Concept of "Criticism" 167 Bibliography 187 Index 193

Raymond Geuss teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His most recent books include "Philosophy and Real Politics, Outside Ethics", and "Public Goods, Private Goods" (all Princeton).

"[A] terrific collection... Philosophy fails, writes Geuss, mostly by being unhistorical; he makes the case for understanding politics only in a richly articulated historical context."--Brendan Boyle, BookForum "[A] miniature classic worthy of strenuous rereading."--Fred Inglis, Times Higher Education

• Preface vii Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER I: Political Judgment in Its Historical Context 1 CHAPTER II: The Politics of Managing Decline 17 CHAPTER III: Moralism and Realpolitik 31 CHAPTER IV: On the Very Idea of a Metaphysics of Right 43 CHAPTER V: The Actual and Another Modernity Order and Imagination in Don Quixote 61 CHAPTER VI: Culture as Ideal and as Boundary 81 CHAPTER VII: On Museums 96 CHAPTER VIII: Celan's Meridian 117 CHAPTER IX: Heidegger and His Brother 142 CHAPTER X Richard Rorty at Princeton Personal Recollections 151 CHAPTER XI: Melody as Death 164 CHAPTER XII: On Bourgeois Philosophy and the Concept of "Criticism" 167 Bibliography 187 Index 193

Raymond Geuss teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His most recent books include "Philosophy and Real Politics, Outside Ethics", and "Public Goods, Private Goods" (all Princeton).

"[A] terrific collection... Philosophy fails, writes Geuss, mostly by being unhistorical; he makes the case for understanding politics only in a richly articulated historical context."--Brendan Boyle, BookForum "[A] miniature classic worthy of strenuous rereading."--Fred Inglis, Times Higher Education

• Preface vii Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER I: Political Judgment in Its Historical Context 1 CHAPTER II: The Politics of Managing Decline 17 CHAPTER III: Moralism and Realpolitik 31 CHAPTER IV: On the Very Idea of a Metaphysics of Right 43 CHAPTER V: The Actual and Another Modernity Order and Imagination in Don Quixote 61 CHAPTER VI: Culture as Ideal and as Boundary 81 CHAPTER VII: On Museums 96 CHAPTER VIII: Celan's Meridian 117 CHAPTER IX: Heidegger and His Brother 142 CHAPTER X Richard Rorty at Princeton Personal Recollections 151 CHAPTER XI: Melody as Death 164 CHAPTER XII: On Bourgeois Philosophy and the Concept of "Criticism" 167 Bibliography 187 Index 193