Introduction: democracy as self-subverting
"More than kings yet less than men": Tocqueville on the new extremes of democratic society
Civilization without the discontents: Tocqueville on democracy as the social state of nature
The regime of revolution: Claude Lefort on history, nature, and convention after the democratic revolution
Political phoenix: Sheldon Wolin on the limits and limitlessness of democracy
Conclusion: post-politics: society without argument.