Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is a contributing editor at First Things, an esteemed church historian, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including Strange New World; The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self; and Histories and Fallacies. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

• Foreword by Rod DreherPrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Architecture of the RevolutionReimagining the SelfReimagining Our CulturePart 2: Foundations of the RevolutionThe Other Genevan: Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Foundations of Modern SelfhoodUnacknowledged Legislators: Wordsworth, Shelley, and BlakeThe Emergence of Plastic People: Nietzsche, Marx, and DarwinEpilogue to Part 2: Reflections on the Foundations of the RevolutionPart 3: Sexualization of the RevolutionSigmund Freud, Civilization, and SexThe New Left and the Politicization of SexEpilogue to Part 3: Reflections on the Sexualization of the RevolutionPart 4: Triumphs of the RevolutionThe Triumph of the EroticThe Triumph of the TherapeuticThe Triumph of the TEpilogue to Part 4: Reflections on the Triumphs of the RevolutionConcluding Unscientific PrologueIndex

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