Introduction



Part1: The sea

Chapter
1. Access to the sea
Back to square one
The 'unbowed' bourgeoisie and the sense of heritage

Chapter
2. The forbidden city
Urban cloning
The cemetery of the political left
The forbidden city

Chapter
3. The social imprint
Ecologically responsible, socially irresponsible
The peril of social distancing



Part2. The fog

Chapter
4. Cinema
From narrative to cinema
Their cinema
The transclass, an Oscar-worthy role
The realm of whiners

Chapter
5. 'There is no majority'
The language that renders people invisible
The parent company is Netflix
The utopia of a new people
Coming out of one's reserve

Chapter
6. Apocalypse Now
Act I: Enter the Prince of Darkness
Act II: The announcement of dark times



Part3. The horizon

Chapter
7. The radical nature of ordinary life
The survival instinct
The electoral hard discount and abstention

Chapter
8. Not against but elsewhere
A dialogue of the deaf
And what about a summit conference on living conditions?

Chapter
9. Return to the centre
The Idiot
The West doesn't need anyone else's help to decline
It's now okay to be pragmatic


Epilogue

Notes