Harry Redner was Reader at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and has been visiting professor at Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, and Harvard University. He is the author of Beyond Civilization; Totalitarianism, Globablization, and Colonialism; The Tragedy of European Civilization, and other books.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Evil and the Tragedy of the Intellectuals1 How Intellectuals Arrived at Radical EvilSection I—From Ideologies to ExterminismSection II—From Ideals to IdeologiesSection III—From Philosophy to Revolution2 The Psychology and Sociology of Radical EvilSection I—Intellectual Hatred Is the WorstSection II—The Victimization ProcessSection III—How to Succeed by Evil Means3 On How to Judge Radical Evil DoersSection I—A Reading of PascalSection II—Historical Varieties of EvilSection III—On a Fortuitous Misreading of KantSection IV—Pascal's Premonition of Radical Evil1Part II: Enlightenment and the Triumph of the Intellectuals14 The Varieties of Intellectuals in EuropeSection I—Intellectuals in GeneralSection II—Intellectuals and the EnlightenmentSection III—Intellectuals in FranceSection IV—Intellectuals in Germany and RussiaSection V—Intellectuals in England and Scotland5 The Intellectualization of the WorldSection I—Intellectualization of Politics,Philosophy, and ReligionSection II—Intellectualization of MoralsSection III—Intellectualization of the Arts6 The Fall of the Intellectuals in Europe and AmericaSection I—Pride before the FallSection II—The Last of the IntellectualsSection III—New World IntellectualsSection IV—Intellectuals and TechnocratsPart III: Death and Afterlife7 Death in HistorySection I—The Death of HumeSection II—Representations of Death throughout the AgesSection III—Borkenau and Freud8 De-demonization and DemocracySection I—Plato and Paul and the Devil HimselfSection II—The Birth of Democracy from theSpirit of Enlightenment9 The Many Faces of DeathSection I—Mass Mechanical DeathSection II—Modern Death and the Afterlife10 The Return of the IntellectualsSection I—Intellect and IntelligenceSection II—Generalist IntellectualsIndex

Harry Redner was Reader at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and has been visiting professor at Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, and Harvard University. He is the author of Beyond Civilization; Totalitarianism, Globablization, and Colonialism; The Tragedy of European Civilization, and other books.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Evil and the Tragedy of the Intellectuals1 How Intellectuals Arrived at Radical EvilSection I—From Ideologies to ExterminismSection II—From Ideals to IdeologiesSection III—From Philosophy to Revolution2 The Psychology and Sociology of Radical EvilSection I—Intellectual Hatred Is the WorstSection II—The Victimization ProcessSection III—How to Succeed by Evil Means3 On How to Judge Radical Evil DoersSection I—A Reading of PascalSection II—Historical Varieties of EvilSection III—On a Fortuitous Misreading of KantSection IV—Pascal's Premonition of Radical Evil1Part II: Enlightenment and the Triumph of the Intellectuals14 The Varieties of Intellectuals in EuropeSection I—Intellectuals in GeneralSection II—Intellectuals and the EnlightenmentSection III—Intellectuals in FranceSection IV—Intellectuals in Germany and RussiaSection V—Intellectuals in England and Scotland5 The Intellectualization of the WorldSection I—Intellectualization of Politics,Philosophy, and ReligionSection II—Intellectualization of MoralsSection III—Intellectualization of the Arts6 The Fall of the Intellectuals in Europe and AmericaSection I—Pride before the FallSection II—The Last of the IntellectualsSection III—New World IntellectualsSection IV—Intellectuals and TechnocratsPart III: Death and Afterlife7 Death in HistorySection I—The Death of HumeSection II—Representations of Death throughout the AgesSection III—Borkenau and Freud8 De-demonization and DemocracySection I—Plato and Paul and the Devil HimselfSection II—The Birth of Democracy from theSpirit of Enlightenment9 The Many Faces of DeathSection I—Mass Mechanical DeathSection II—Modern Death and the Afterlife10 The Return of the IntellectualsSection I—Intellect and IntelligenceSection II—Generalist IntellectualsIndex

Harry Redner was Reader at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and has been visiting professor at Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, and Harvard University. He is the author of Beyond Civilization; Totalitarianism, Globablization, and Colonialism; The Tragedy of European Civilization, and other books.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Evil and the Tragedy of the Intellectuals1 How Intellectuals Arrived at Radical EvilSection I—From Ideologies to ExterminismSection II—From Ideals to IdeologiesSection III—From Philosophy to Revolution2 The Psychology and Sociology of Radical EvilSection I—Intellectual Hatred Is the WorstSection II—The Victimization ProcessSection III—How to Succeed by Evil Means3 On How to Judge Radical Evil DoersSection I—A Reading of PascalSection II—Historical Varieties of EvilSection III—On a Fortuitous Misreading of KantSection IV—Pascal's Premonition of Radical Evil1Part II: Enlightenment and the Triumph of the Intellectuals14 The Varieties of Intellectuals in EuropeSection I—Intellectuals in GeneralSection II—Intellectuals and the EnlightenmentSection III—Intellectuals in FranceSection IV—Intellectuals in Germany and RussiaSection V—Intellectuals in England and Scotland5 The Intellectualization of the WorldSection I—Intellectualization of Politics,Philosophy, and ReligionSection II—Intellectualization of MoralsSection III—Intellectualization of the Arts6 The Fall of the Intellectuals in Europe and AmericaSection I—Pride before the FallSection II—The Last of the IntellectualsSection III—New World IntellectualsSection IV—Intellectuals and TechnocratsPart III: Death and Afterlife7 Death in HistorySection I—The Death of HumeSection II—Representations of Death throughout the AgesSection III—Borkenau and Freud8 De-demonization and DemocracySection I—Plato and Paul and the Devil HimselfSection II—The Birth of Democracy from theSpirit of Enlightenment9 The Many Faces of DeathSection I—Mass Mechanical DeathSection II—Modern Death and the Afterlife10 The Return of the IntellectualsSection I—Intellect and IntelligenceSection II—Generalist IntellectualsIndex