C O N T E NTS // INTRODUCTION 3 // CHAPTER I. PRELUDE TO AN ERA 17 // CHAPTER IĚ. THE PRIMACY OE THE PERSON 52 // CHAPTER III. THE STRATEGY OF RETREAT 76 // CHAPTER IV. MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS 108 // CHAPTER V. CAPITALISM, ABSOLUTISM, PROTESTANTISM 152 // CHAPTER VI. UPRISING OF THE LIBIDO 201 // CHAPTER VII. THE NEW HEMISPHERES 231 // CHAPTER Vili. THE INSURGENCE OF ROMANTICISM 265 // CHAPTER IX. THE PROGRESS OF PROMETHEUS 301 // CHAPTER N. BARBARISM AND DISSOLUTION 343 // CHAPTER XL THE BASIS OF RENEWAL 391 // PREFATORY NOTE v // GLOSSARY 424 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 425 // ACKNOWI. E DC MEATS 448 // INDEX 449