Introduction: Making Peace with Liberalism Part 1: The Romantic Sensibility Confronts Conventional Liberalism 1. Romantic Militarism versus Civil Society 2. The Law of the Heart versus Legalism Part 2: Liberalism and Romanticism at the Margins: The Uses of Private Life 3. The Penumbra of Privacy 4. Beyond Liberalism and Romanticism: Antipolitics and the Spirit of Detachment Part 3: Bringing Romanticism Home 5. Heroic Individualism and the Spectacle of Diversity 6. The New Face of Pluralism: Self-Cultivation and Shifting Involvements 7. Repairing the Communitarian Failings of Liberal Thought Conclusion: Romanticism and the Reconstruction of Liberal Thought Notes Index