Michael Brint is assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.

• Introduction -- The Antitragic Theater of Political Thought -- Happy Endings and Noble Lies in Plato's Republic -- Rousseau and the Echoes of Narcisse -- The Politics of Tragedy -- A Dialogue on Liberty and Freedom -- Hegelian Harmony and the Laughter of Angels -- A Carnival of Critics: Irony and the Postmodern Temper -- Arendt, Rorty, and Mr. Jefferson's American Romance -- Conclusion -- Putting the "E" Back into Différance

Michael Brint is assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.

• Introduction -- The Antitragic Theater of Political Thought -- Happy Endings and Noble Lies in Plato's Republic -- Rousseau and the Echoes of Narcisse -- The Politics of Tragedy -- A Dialogue on Liberty and Freedom -- Hegelian Harmony and the Laughter of Angels -- A Carnival of Critics: Irony and the Postmodern Temper -- Arendt, Rorty, and Mr. Jefferson's American Romance -- Conclusion -- Putting the "E" Back into Différance

Michael Brint is assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.

• Introduction -- The Antitragic Theater of Political Thought -- Happy Endings and Noble Lies in Plato's Republic -- Rousseau and the Echoes of Narcisse -- The Politics of Tragedy -- A Dialogue on Liberty and Freedom -- Hegelian Harmony and the Laughter of Angels -- A Carnival of Critics: Irony and the Postmodern Temper -- Arendt, Rorty, and Mr. Jefferson's American Romance -- Conclusion -- Putting the "E" Back into Différance