Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Fear and the Inner Life of Politics
• Emerson’s Legacy for Strong Liberalism
• From Civic Pluralism to Civic Toleration
• Political Self-Reliance and Liberal Citizenship
• Civic Friendship for Uncivil Society
• The Ambivalence of Political Courage
• The Joke’s the Thing
• Civic Education for Strong Liberalism
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index