Foreword / Virgil P. Nemoianu
Author's preface to the English edition
Part One : A condition deprived of meaning : Existence as sign
The rejection of the figures of existence
The danger of a return to existentialism
Part Two : The revelations of the devil : The good without the true
The morality of complacency
A morality of emotion and indignation
The clandestine ideology of our time
Part Three : The urgent need for a new anthropology : Is democracy unsurpassable?
The rejection of the worldviews
The fear of decision-making
The sacralization of rights
Production and care-giving
Part Four : Mastering the world in a different way : Fallen from the heights
The return of an uncertain world