Gerard Rosich is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the co-editor, along with Peter Wagner, of The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century (2016).

This book, written with passion, confidence, and clarity, embodies an ambitious intellectual project that aims to challenge ideas about the political as formulated by liberal and neo-liberal thinkers in the age of globalization. Its consistent engagement with post-colonial scholarship gives Rosich's argument a global sense of relevance and urgency.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Modernity-Autonomy-EuropePart I: A Politico-Conceptual History of Autonomy 2. The Greek Invention of Autonomy 3. The Modern Sources of Autonomy 4. Autonomy and the Holy Roman Empire 5. The Modern Reinterpretation of Autonomy 6. Autonomy and the Formation of European Modernity 7. Historicizing Political Modernity 8. Autonomy and the Place of Europe in Modern HistoryPart II: The Contested Legacy of Europe and the History of Modernity9. The Narrative of Modernity 10. Europe and the Idea of History11. The Constitution of a Global Order 12. Varieties of Modernity 13. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Gerard Rosich is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the co-editor, along with Peter Wagner, of The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century (2016).

This book, written with passion, confidence, and clarity, embodies an ambitious intellectual project that aims to challenge ideas about the political as formulated by liberal and neo-liberal thinkers in the age of globalization. Its consistent engagement with post-colonial scholarship gives Rosich's argument a global sense of relevance and urgency.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Modernity-Autonomy-EuropePart I: A Politico-Conceptual History of Autonomy 2. The Greek Invention of Autonomy 3. The Modern Sources of Autonomy 4. Autonomy and the Holy Roman Empire 5. The Modern Reinterpretation of Autonomy 6. Autonomy and the Formation of European Modernity 7. Historicizing Political Modernity 8. Autonomy and the Place of Europe in Modern HistoryPart II: The Contested Legacy of Europe and the History of Modernity9. The Narrative of Modernity 10. Europe and the Idea of History11. The Constitution of a Global Order 12. Varieties of Modernity 13. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Gerard Rosich is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the co-editor, along with Peter Wagner, of The Trouble with Democracy: Political Modernity in the 21st Century (2016).

This book, written with passion, confidence, and clarity, embodies an ambitious intellectual project that aims to challenge ideas about the political as formulated by liberal and neo-liberal thinkers in the age of globalization. Its consistent engagement with post-colonial scholarship gives Rosich's argument a global sense of relevance and urgency.

• Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Modernity-Autonomy-EuropePart I: A Politico-Conceptual History of Autonomy 2. The Greek Invention of Autonomy 3. The Modern Sources of Autonomy 4. Autonomy and the Holy Roman Empire 5. The Modern Reinterpretation of Autonomy 6. Autonomy and the Formation of European Modernity 7. Historicizing Political Modernity 8. Autonomy and the Place of Europe in Modern HistoryPart II: The Contested Legacy of Europe and the History of Modernity9. The Narrative of Modernity 10. Europe and the Idea of History11. The Constitution of a Global Order 12. Varieties of Modernity 13. ConclusionBibliographyIndex