Pt. 1: Political myths. Myth of the left ; Myth of the revolution ; Myth of the proletariat ; Concerning political optimism -- Pt. 2: The idolatry of history. Churchmen and the faithful ; The meaning of history ; The illusion of necessity ; The control of history -- Pt. 3: The alienation of the intellectuals. The intellectuals and their homeland ; The intellectuals and their ideologies ; The intellectuals in search of a religion ; The destiny of the intellectuals -- Conclusion: The end of the ideological age?
