** Dedication

** The Goal and Aspirations of the Rocker Publications Committee

** Preface to the English Edition

** Translator’s Preface

* Book 1

** 1. The Insufficiency of Economic Materialism

** 2. Religion and Politics

** 3. The Middle Ages: Church and State

** 4. Power Versus Culture

** 5. The Rise of the National State

** 6. The Reformation and the New State

** 7. Absolutism — An Obstacle to Economic Development

** 8. The Doctrine of the Social Contract

** 9. Liberal Ideas in Europe and America

** 10. Liberalism and Democracy

** 11. German Philosophy and the State

** 12. Democracy and the National State

** 13. Romanticism and Nationalism

** 14. Socialism and the State

** 15. Nationalism — A Political Religion

* Book Two

** 1. The Nation as Community of Morals, Custom and Interest

** 2. The Nation as Community of Language

** 3. The Nation in the Light of Modern Race Theories

** 4. Political Unity and the Evolution of Culture

** 5. Political Decentralization in Greece

** 6. Roman Centralization and its Influence

** 7. National Unity and the Decline of Culture

** 8. The Illusion of a National Culture

** 9. The National State and the Development of Science

** 10. Architecture and Nationality

** 11. Art and the National Spirit

** 12. Social Problems of Our Time

** Epilogue to the Second American Edition

** Bibliography