Part One. Community and the problem of order. The loss of community. The image of community. The problem of community -- Part Two. The state and community. History as the decline of community. The state as revolution. Sovereignty and association. The political community. The total community -- Part Three. Community and the problem of freedom. The problem of liberalism. The contexts of individuality. The contexts of democracy. Conclusion -- Critical essays. The state and fading communlity / John Carroll. Modernity's new world dangers / David Bosworth. The enduring achievement and unfinished work of Robert Nisbet / Jeanne Heffernan Schindler.