Empire of Disorder

Foreword 7(12) Sylvere Lotringer, A Dialogue 19(58) Alain Joxe Civil Wars Everywhere 20(43) The Empire Strikes Back 63(14) I. INTRODUCTION: CHAOS TODAY 77(22) State Decomposition and Globalization 84(3) No ``Domino Effect'' 87(5) Frozen Peace 92(2) Humanitarian Wars 94(5) II. THE EMPIRE: ECONOMICAL OR MILITARY? 99(112) Genesis of the Empire 103(15) Global ``Nobles'' and Slaves 104(6) Political Solidarity 110(4) Debt Cancellation 114(4) Hobbes, Birth of the Republican Protection 118(33) The Divine State against Chaos 119(15) Empire, Republic Betrayed 134(7) Causes of War 141(5) Religious Rewards and Punishments 146(5) Hobbes-Clausewitz 151(25) Cruel Little Wars 157(5) ``Nobilitary'' Violence 162(2) Political Continuation: A Genealogy 164(12) Violence and Globalism 176(14) Preventing Civil War 180(2) The Birth of Predatory Empires 182(7) The ``End of Capitalism,'' an Academic Question 189(1) Strategic Future 190(16) What Political Globalisation? 191(3) The New Post-Cold War Globality 194(8) The Hellish Descent 202(4) Against a Permanent Global War 206(5) Citizen Protests 208(3) III. CONCLUSIONS 211(6) ``Leadership'' through Chaos? 213(1) The United States and Europe 214(3) Notes 217