Acknowledgments
Introduction
The cultural animal
Savage lovers : language, communalism and violent simplicity
Symbolic revolutions : agriculture, climate change and the beginnings of war
Violent complexity : writing, god and the ancient enlightenment
What is enlightenment? : liberalism, romantic science and the first mass media
In the age of agitation : modern media, violent consumers and imaginings of state
Web of world s: nature, love and the internet
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.