Keith Tester examines modernity through the prism of the two sovereigns - of the individual and the collectivity. It is a stimulating meditation on the difficult and contradictory experiences of European modernity.
Introduction, 1. Strangers, 2. Gardens, 3. Sealed Trains, 4. Allotments, 5. Sewage, 6. Freedom, 7. Divergence, 8. Conclusion, Bibliography