Introduction Chapter 1:Thinking Beyond the 20th Century: Democracy and Education After Liberalism Chapter 2: The Defects of Liberalism: Lasting Elements of Negative Pragmatism Chapter 3: Democracy as a Way of Life, Democracy in the Face of Terrorism Chapter 4: Relevances, Realities and Rat Races: Democracy as a Personal Way of Life Chapter 5: From the Art of Surfaces to Control Societies and Beyond: Stoicism, Postmodernism, and Pan-Machinism Chapter 6: From Consciousness of Doom to Criticism: Non-Dialectical Critical Theory Chapter 7: Genealogy, Critique, and Transformation: In Our Time Chapter 8: Power/Inquiry: Criticism and the Logic of Pragmatism Chapter 9:Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Future of Philosophy: Farewell to an Idea Chapter 10: No Consolation: Life Without Spirituality, Philosophy Without Transcendence Index.