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AVANT-PROPOS . . 7
PRÉFACE . . 9
INTRODUCTION: De Vinterprétation historique . . 17

Première partie: DE L'HOMME À L'ŒUVRE
CHAPITRE I. Les expériences vécues . . 31
CHAPITRE II. La formation de la pensée (1804-1830) . . 76
CHAPITRE III. La synthèse finale et le débat stratégique . . 108

Deuxième partie: LÀ DIALECTIQUE
INTRODUCTION. Le plan du Traité . . 151
CHAPITRE IV. Les moyens et les fins . . 161
CHAPITRE V. Le moral et le physique . . 195
CHAPITRE VI. Défense et attaque . . 236

Troisième partie: LE PROJET THÉORIQUE
INTRODUCTION. Jomini et Clausewitz. Que signifie la révolution théorique? . . 281
CHAPITRE VII. La théorie et les lois . . 285
CHAPITRE VIII. La théorie et l'histoire . . 314
CHAPITRE ix. De la théorie à la doctrine . . 343

NOTES . . 377
INDEX DES NOMS . . 459
INDEX THÉMATIQUE . . 463

FUTURE/PROJECTIONS
Mona Lisa and me . . 7

COSMOPOLITENESS
Nomads of identity . . 14
The generic city . . 19
Inside views . . 22
Towards an ethical cosmopolitanism . . 24
The colours of statistics . . 26
Where am I? . . 28
Self-hybridisations . . 32
How many am I? . . 34
Metamorphoses . . 36
The street . . 38
I love the world . . 39
Baroquisms . . 40
Do-it-yourself aesthetics . . 42

HYPERNARCISSUS
Ego building . . 48
Take care of yourself . . 51
Who are you? . . 53
Fat car . . 58
Fly or Dye . . 60
Bling Bling . . 62
Hyper-individuals . . 65
Extreme makeovers . . 66
Tattooed on the bone . . 70
Body-art . . 72
The exoskeleton . . 74
Suffer for me . . 76
The Institute of Genetic Beauty . . 78
The transparent body . . 80
The perfect health . . 82
Bioasceticism . . 84
Open-air museum . . 90
Homo vegetarius . . 92
How to become grass? How to become a tree? . . 95

THE THIRD SEX
Feminine/Masculine . . 100
Virtual women . . 104
Alter Ego . . 106
The artificial womb . . 111
Cross-casting . . 115
Intersexualities . . 116
Androgyny, the future of mankind? . . 118
Androgynies . . 120
Reinventing male beauty . . 122
Be a man . . 123
Generalised sensuality . . 125
At a crossroads . . 127
He/She . . 128
Stereotypes no more . . 130
A future for the 'fair sex' . . 132

AMORTALITY
Eternalising the self . . 138
The heroes are worn out . . 148
A virtual solution to ageing? . . 150
Positive ageing . . 152
Mature . . 156
Growing old is not for sissies . . 158
Seduction, always . . 160
Sculpting time . . 162

CYBER SAPIENS
A farewell to bodies? . . 166
Mutant Manifesto . . 171
A cyborg manifesto . . 176
The Posthuman condition . . 178
The'super'-abled . . 182
Sympathetic electronics . . 188
Alien body . . 190
Primo +3M, a posthuman prototype . . 192
Nexus Project I . . 196
The genius factory . . 204
Letter from Utopia . . 209

General Index . . 213

A change of worlds . . 7

TECHNOLOGY AND NARCISSISM
Beauty as a reflection of progress . . 12
Peculiar to women . . 17
Victorian beauty . . 19
The shock of photography . . 22
The Countess of Castiglione's 400 portraits . . 25
Reflected beauty . . 29
Beauty of one's own . . 32
The beauty big bang . . 37
Green lips, blue complexion . . 40
Fragrance goes global . . 43
Marvellous mascara . . 47
Technicolour hair . . 48
Styling hair . . 50
Because he's worth it! . . 52
From family secrets to beauty salons . . 55
The beauty business . . 59
Pursuing the dream . . 63
Operation happiness . . 66
The power of prejudice . . 72
The politics of appearance . . 77
Ugliness doesn't sell . . 79

MYTH, CONFORMITY AND REBELLION
Canon wars . . 84
Corrupted beauty . . 90
Towards a brighter future . . 93
My body is a bomb . . 96
Substitutes in wartime . . 98
The myth of the blonde . . 101
Air France learns to please . . 105
Vamps, divas and stars . . 108
The face of Garbo . . 112
Spider-Man, John and the boys . . 114
Youth culture . . 118
Rebel without a cause . . 122
Next year in... Woodstock . . 129
Sex and rock'n'roll . . 130
Bling bling . . 133
The third sex . . 134
Berlin: voyage to the end of night . . 137
Emancipated beauty . . 140
Dressing for freedom . . 143
Whalebone and lace . . 146
The jolie laide . . 148
From body to work of art . . 151
The body as canvas . . 156

DIFFERENCE AND UNIVERSALITY
Global revenge . . 162
The exotic body . . 167
Postcard belles . . 171
The beauties of Tunis . . 172
Independence's new clothes . . 175
Bollywood icons . . 178
Watch out for Zouzou... . . 181
Black is beautiful . . 185
Provocative beauties . . 188
A wealth of beauty . . 191
Beauty tactic . . 195
Confessions of a mask . . 199
Hybrid beauty in Tokyo . . 202
Pageants of prettiness . . 204
Like Adam and Eve . . 207
Universal exposure to the sun . . 211
The tribulations of paleness . . 215
The magic of performance . . 218
War on weight . . 222
The T-shirt as second skin . . 226
Erotic stockings, semi-nude beauty . . 229

General index . . See volume 5

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Beauty and the history of continents . . 7
Bewitching beauty and language's secret formulas . . 9
Beauty and beauties: cultural definitions of beauty . . 11
GENERAL INDEX . . see volume 5

DAR AL-ISLAM . . 14
Beauty in Paradise . . 16
The zarif . . 20
Manifold beauty . . 22
Watching your figure . . 25
Pleasantly plump . . 26
From medical care to body care . . 28
All the fragrances on earth . . 32
Henna, the tree of paradise . . 34
The body as social record . . 37
Faith in cleanliness . . 38
Baghdad, capital of high fashion . . 40
Hair, here and there . . 42
Heroic moustaches and lion-like noses . . 44

MEDIEVAL EUROPE . . 46
Beauty in His image . . 48
Glorifying the body . . 54
No one wants to grow old! . . 56
Between divine and diabolical . . 59
Hair control . . 62
De ornatu mulierum . . 64
Emblem of ugliness . . 66

JAPAN, FROM HEIAN TO EDO . . 68
The flower experience . . 70
Miyabi, poets of elegance . . 74
The Tale of Genji . . 76
Wabi or the aesthetics of virtual nothingness . . 78
Ukiyo, the floating world . . 80
The shadow zone . . 83
The drama of appearances . . 85
Iki, the splendour of one hundred shades of grey . . 89
Women seen from the back . . 91
From white to black . . 92

CHINA, FROM MING TO QING . . 94
Beauty as a binding ideal . . 96
Gu Mei, the courtesan ideal . . 100
The ghost of the Peony Pavilion . . 103
Casual expressions of idle feeling . . 105
Hua dian flower power . . 108
Scents of desire . . 110
Willowy as a willow . . 113
The social pyramid . . 116
Rebels and headgear . . 118

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA . . 120
The anatomy of beauty . . 122
Beauty is the promise of happiness . . 126
Bagnon, worshipping male beauty . . 127
Evocative forms . . 128
The necessity of ugliness . . 132
The body as canvas . . 134
Skin drawings . . 137
The spirit of beauty . . 140

RENAISSANCE ITALY . . 144
Sacred and profane beauty . . 146
Secrets and experimentations . . 152
Recipes for beauty . . 156
A window on the heart . . 159
Under the lady's chignon . . 162
The savage body . . 164

THE MUGHAL EMPIRE . . 166
From splendour to sensuality . . 168
A pure state of beauty . . 172
Reflecting paradise . . 175
Dress as microcosm . . 178
Strange scents . . 181
The treasury of the world . . 184

THE GOLDEN CENTUARY OF SPAIN . . 186
Extravagance meets asceticism . . 188
The peerless Dulcinea . . 194
The world's a stage . . 196
Black sun . . 199
Moral beauty . . 202

LOW COUNTRIES, GOLDEN AGE . . 206
The muse in all her finery . . 208
Baroque opulence . . 213
Pale and cool . . 216
The stuff of femininity . . 219
Venus: powerful persuader . . 222
Clothes make the man... and vice versa . . 224
Painted women, women painters . . 228

FRANCE, FROM THE SUN KING TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT . . 230
Artful beauty . . 232
Solar power . . 235
Hairdresser's kingdom . . 238
Noblesse oblige! . . 241
The colour of rank . . 244
The love of artifice . . 247
Eloquent curves . . 249
Revolutionary smiles . . 252
A riot of fragrance . . 254

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Physical beauty and the history of civilisation . . 7
The physiology of beauty . . 11
General index . . see volume 5

EGYPT . . 14
Nefer . . 16
The queens of Egypt . . 22
The mirror: a gift of the gods . . 28
In the service of beauty . . 30
Kohl . . 32
The Wadjet . . 34
The complexion . . 36
An essential luxury . . 39
Lotions and ointments . . 44
Experts in beauty . . 46
Cascading curls . . 48
The ubiquitous wig . . 50
Ramsesses was a redhead . . 52
A fascination with colour . . 54
Pleats and gossamer . . 56
A face for all eternity . .59

GREECE . . 62
The theatre of beauty . . 64
Olympic games . . 74
Captured by desire . . 77
Aphrodite in the temple . . 80
Dances with nymphs . . 82
The lady in the cup . . 84
Order and frivolity . . 87
Hair and hairiness . . 90
Work is beautiful . . 95
Male beauty . . 98
Ugly Priapus... . . 102
Beautiful death . . 104
Charms, enchantments and spells . . 106

ROME . . 108
Beauty on a pedestal . . 110
Intoxicating fragrances . . 122
Cupid the chemist . . 125
The Villa of the Mysteries . . 130
The art of makeup . . 132
Young beauties, heed my advice! . . 136
Caesar, an unflinching portrait . . 138
And all is art, that looks like accident . . 139
Bathhouse beasts and bathing beauties . . 140
Beauty must be made of marble . . 146
The aura of power . . 148

INDIA . . 152
Between asceticism and luxuriance . . 154
Buddha's cloudless light . . 164
A hybrid radiance . . 168
Aesthetic relish and vibrations . . 172
An oasis for the eyes . . 176
Flowers of flesh . . 180
The magic of Alamkara . . 184
A fine specimen . . 187
The androgynous divine . . 190
Fragrance as courtesy . . 193
The feet of desire . . 195
Beauty, invisible and dazzling . . 198
Sportiveness . . 200

CHINA . . 204
The metamorphoses of beauty . . 206
The two-headed snake . . 216
A symbolic bestiary . . 219
Elegance and extravagance . . 222
Canons of beauty . . 226
The chignon of the flying devils . . 230
Yellow foreheads and butterfly eyebrows . . 234
The nude, not an option . . 238
Breathe out the old, breathe in the new . . 242
Long life to the purified body! . . 245

OLMECS AND DESCENDANTS . . 248
The legacy of the Olmecs . . 250
Adorned for the afterlife . . 262
Gesture as metaphor . . 265
Divine proportions . . 268
Role playing . . 270
Portraits of women . . 273
Maize, youth and beauty . . 276
Temazcal, the bathhouse . . 280
Mysterious smiles . . 282
Masterpieces in feathers . . 284
Beautiful seamstresses and painted ladies . . 288

GLOSSARY . . 292