On modernity, nihilism, and power. Overview here.
1. Introduction, and Baudelaire
2. Man as a Rationalist Animal – Seeing Like a State
3. The Meridian of Her Greatness – The Great Transformation
4. Scraps 2: Metis, Mirrors, and Martin Guerre – relevant pieces of things
5. The Use and Abuse of Witchdoctors for Life – Magic and political organization
6. Without belief in a god, but never without belief in a devil. – The True Believer
7. Scraps 3: Hoffer and Performance Art – The True Believer
8. A Taylorism For All Seasons – The Culture of Narcissism
9. Reinventing the Wheel of Fortune – The Culture of Narcissism
10. That’s Amore – The Culture of Narcissism
11. The Uruk Machine – Recap
12. The Thresher – Finale
