Social Thought From the Ruins : Quixote’s Dinner Party (Hardcover)

Introduction, Beginning: An Invitation to a Dinner Party,?Part I Crises of Meaning,?1. Ruins, 2. Our Times Are Strange, 3. Making the Contemporary Legible,?4. Hope(less),?5. Notes from Underground,?Part II Curiosity,?6. Curiosity Outside and Inside the University,?7. The (In)tractable Future, 8. Power I: A Critique of Received Narratives,?9. Power II: Model Wars, 10. Data and Conversation,?Part III Powerful Subjects,?11. Why Do You Want to Talk to Us?,?12. Reflection, 13. Translation, 14. Legitimation, 15. Education,?Part IV New Buildings from Old Stones,?16. Old Stones,?17. Teaching,?18. Getting There,?19. To “Theory” and Back, 20. A Seat at the Table,?Part V Hopes,?21.?Caritas?in the People’s University,?22. Humanizing Bureaucracy, 23. Cafe Intellectuals,?24. Philosophy in the Marketplace, Ending: Books of Dreams