Compelling account of the decline of 'the social' and rise of atomisation under neo-liberalism, and how we can recreate a vibrant public realm.

Introduction Left Behind?; Chapter 1 In the Twilight of the Social State; Chapter 2 The Crisis of Public Values in the Age of the New Media; Chapter 3 The Disappearing Intellectual in the Age of Economic Darwinism; Chapter 4 Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia; Chapter 5 Defending Higher Education as a Public Good;