Table of Contents:
  • THE PUBLIC PROBLEM. The public domain ; Roles
  • THE PUBLIC WORLD OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME. The audience : a gathering of strangers ; Public roles ; Public and private ; Man as actor
  • THE TURMOIL OF PUBLIC LIFE IN THE 19TH CENTURY. The impact of industrial capitalism on public life ; Personality in public ; The public men of the 19th century ; Collective personality
  • THE INTIMATE SOCIETY. The end of public culture ; Charisma becomes uncivilized ; Community becomes uncivilized ; The actor deprived of his art ; The tyrannies of intimacy.