Introduction; 1. Staging the Mind: From Multiplicity to Belief; 2. Becoming Who We Are; 3. The Time of our Life: Historical Ontology and Creative Events; 4. Becoming Civil: History and the Discipline of Institutions; 5. Creating Culture: The Case of the Scottish Enlightenment; 6. Beyond Belief: Deleuze's Hume and the Fear of Politics; Bibliography; Index.