Contents -- Introduction to the Background Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the 1970 edition -- Part One: Community and the Problem of Order -- 1. The Loss of Community -- 2. The Image of Community -- 3. The Problem of Community -- Part Two: The State and Community -- 4. History as the Decline of Community -- 5. The State as Revolution -- 6. Sovereignty and Association -- 7. The Political Community -- 8. The Total Community -- Part Three: Community and the Problem of Freedom -- 9. The Problem of Liberalism -- 10. The Contexts of Individuality -- 11. The Contexts of Democracy -- Conclusion -- Critical Essays -- The State and Fading Community -- Modernity's New World Dangers -- The Enduring Achievement and Unfinished Work of Robert Nisbet -- References and Notes -- Index.