Index // Introduction // 1 The process of modernisation and the transforamtion of the social // 1.1 The nature of modern society // 1.2 Modernity as a side-effect of the development of protective relations // 1.3 Primary and secondary sociability // 2 The consequences of modernity // 2.1 Triumph of the economic mind // 2.2 Tender barbarism // 2.3 Colonisation of the public domain by private interests // 3 Globalisation // 3.1 Disputes about the nature of globalisation // 3.2 The first stage of globalisation // 3.3 The second stage of globalisation // 4 Barbarized modernity // 4.1 Disorganised barbarism // 4.2 Post-modern feudalism? // 4.3 The secret of modernisation // Summary // 3 // 9 // 11 // 15 // 23 // 33 // 36 // 42 // 47 // 59 // 61 // 67 // 71 // 83 // 86 // 93 // 98 // 107 // Literature // 111 // 115 // The author of the book