From the Book - First edition.
Part I: Origin of the American schism: the two Enlightenments
Europe before the Enlightenment
Les Lumieres: The age of reason and scientific discovery
The moderate Enlightenment
The radical Enlightenment
The emergence of the schism in Europe
The development of the American Enlightenment
Counter-Enlightenment and populism
Part II: How the schism has divided America across the centuries
From the 1776 radical declaration to the 1787 moderate constitution
A young nation struggles with expansion: America in the early 19th century
The hopes of radical reconstruction and the brutal reality of Jim Crow
The "solid South" redeemed and the populist movement
A renaissance of civil rights and the rise of the new conservative coalition
The emergence of a new counter-enlightenment: The age of Trumpism
Part III: The future is on the line
Government top-down or bottom-up
A new vision for America: Can we build a "just" meritocracy?
Healing the American schism: Crucial first steps.
