Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction to the American Edition -- Prologue: The Political Meaning of the Enlightenment -- 1. The Long Road to Enlightenment -- 2. The Formation of Modern Greek Historical Consciousness -- 3. The Geography of Civilization: From Adulation to Revolution -- 4. Enlightened Absolutism as a Path to Change -- 5. Ancients and Moderns: Cultural Criticism and the Origins of Republicanism -- 6. The Revolution in France: The Glow and the Shadow -- 7. The Enlightenment's Political Alternative -- 8. The Enlightenment as Social Criticism -- 9. The Republican Synthesis: A Matrix for Nationalism -- 10. The Fate of the Enlightenment -- Epilogue: The Conditions of Liberal Politics -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.