Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chivalric epistemology and patriotic narratives : Iberian colonial science -- The colonial Iberian roots of the scientific revolution -- From baroque to modern colonial science -- New world, new stars : patriotic astrology and the invention of Ameridian and Creole bodies in colonial Spanish America, 1600-1650 -- Eighteenth-century Spanish political economy : epistemology and decline -- How derivative was Humboldt? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Latin America : the eternal land of the future -- Latin America's decline : a long historical view -- From the Alliance for Progress to the Washington Consensus -- Fractured liberalism : Latin America's incomplete reforms -- Chile, Latin America's brightest star -- So far from God : Mexico's Tequila Crisis of 1994 -- The mother of all crises, Argentina, 2001-2002 -- Populism, neopopulism, and inequality in the new century -- Chávez's challenge and Lula's response -- A three-speed Latin America for the twenty-first century…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The performance of celebrity -- A very short history of the feelings -- The London-Brighton road (1760-1820) -- Paris: haute couture and the painting of modern life -- New York and Chicago: robber barons and the gossip column, 1880-1910 -- The geography of recognition: celebrity on its holidays -- The great dictators -- The stars look down: the democratisation of celebrity -- From each according to his ability: sport, rock, fashion, and the self -- Stories we tell ourselves about ourselves -- Envoi: Cherishing citizens…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Judas the confessor -- Judas the demon -- Judas the sacrificer -- Judas the star -- The magical Judas -- An ancient Gnostic parody -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Further reading -- Appendix 2: A synopsis of Sethian Gnostic literature -- Appendix 3: Testimony from the Church Fathers on the Gospel of Judas -- Appendix 4: Q&A with April DeConick…”