Part One - A New Reading of Pareto,
1.0 Introduction,
1.1 Metapolitical Conflict: Liberal Elites vs. Conservative Non-elites,
1.2 The debt to Machiavelli,
1.3 Animal Spirits,
1.4 Dissident Mindset,
1.5 A Projection-Adjusted Reading of Pareto,
1.6 Dissident Paretian Analysis as Striving for Authenticity,
1.7 The Core Theory: Mind-Society Interaction,
1.8 Paretian Sociology as Critical Guidance for Elites,
1.9 (Meta)Political Character Types, Part Two - Pareto’s Open elites,
2.0 Why we need Pareto Today,
2.1 Pareto’s Elites,
2.2 Pareto’s ‘Mirror for Elites’ Guidance as Open elites Advocacy,
2.3 The Idea of a Paretian Theory of Democracy,
2.4 Elite Power ? and the Futility of Challenge from Below,
2.5 Elite Categories,
2.6 Elite Social Character,
2.7 Political Elites and Counter-Elites,
2.8 Elite vs Non-elite Bipolarisation,
2.9 Open Elites vs Open Societies, Part Three ? A Forward-Looking Theory,
3.0 Social Forecasting and Modelling for Societal Bipolarisation,
3.1 Pareto’s Final Warning: Demagogic Plutocracy,
3.2 Conflict Containment across Lower Elite Echelons,
3.3 A Paretian ‘Difference Engine’ for recurring Elite vs Non-Elite Conflict,
3.4 A Paretian Risk Barometer for Fundamental Social Conflict,
3.5 There’s this Lion…,
3.6 General, Conclusion