CONTENTS

Preface

Part 1: Pars Destruens

The Princesse de Clèves Today

Politics without Politics

Violence to What End?

The Writing on the Wall

Part 2: Pars Construens

The “Dark Side” of Value and the Gift

“Common Decency” or Corporatism? Observations on the Work of Jean-Claude Michéa

Degrowthers, One More Effort If You Want to Be Revolutionaries!

From One Utopia to Another

Part 3: Pars Ludens

The Cat, the Mouse, Culture and the Economy

Is There an Art after the End of Art?

Bibliography