Table of Contents

Title Page
Introduction: - Invitation to the Dance
1 - The Archaic Roots of Ecstasy

The God of Ecstasy

2 - Civilization and Backlash

Repression in Rome

3 - Jesus and Dionysus

Dionysus and the Jews
Ecstatic Christianity

4 - From the Churches to the Streets: The Creation of Carnival

The War on Dance
Carnival Comes Together
The Sacred Versus the Profane

5 - Killing Carnival: Reformation and Repression

Dangerous Dances
Protestants and Guns
The Withdrawal of the Upper Class

6 - A Note on Puritanism and Military Reform

Clockwork Armies
Drilling with Dromedaries

7 - An Epidemic of Melancholy

The Anxious Self
The Tormented Soul
The Lost Cure

8 - Guns Against Drums: Imperialism Encounters Ecstasy

Black Carnival
The Preservation of Ecstasy
Ecstatic Revolution

9 - Fascist Spectacles

The Festivals of the French Revolution
The Military as Entertainment
Governance by Spectacle

10 - The Rock Rebellion

The Revolt of the Audience
Rock and the African Ecstatic Tradition
Opposition, Triumph, and Decline

11 - Carnivalizing Sports

A Brief History of Western Sports
The Carnivalization of Sports
The Revolt of the Fans

Conclusion: - The Possibility of Revival
ALSO BY BARBARA EHRENREICH
Praise for Dancing in the Streets
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Notes
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