Acknowledgments  vii

Prologue  ix

1. The Grounds of Politics  1

2. Leftist Beginnings  17

3. Reinventing the Political  39

4. Contemporary Leftist Thought  77

5. Organizing Politics  111

6. Eurocracy and Its Publics  135

7. Affective Politics  157

Epilogue  187

Notes  201

References  211

Index  227

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