Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Neo-Roman Mimesis and the Law of Ruin
PART ONE. After Carthage: The Roman Empire and Its Ruins
PART TWO. Neo-Roman Mimesis: Charles V at Tunis, 1535
PART THREE. Neo-Roman Mimesis in the Modern Age: Cook's Second Voyage to the South Pacific and the French Conquest of Egypt and Algeria
PAR T FOUR. From Germany's Anti- Napoleonic Barbarians to the Ruin Gazer Scenarios of the Conservative Revolution
PART FIVE. With the End in Mind: The Nazi Empire's Neo- Roman Mimesis and the Ruined Stage of Rome
PART SIX. Romans or Greeks? Carl Schmitt and Martin Heidegger
Notes
Bibliography
Index