ABSTRACT
LsBOOK"''k'touacetheorlgin•ofafaith-perhap•the faithofourtime.Modernrevolutionariesarebelievers,nolesscommittedandintensethanweretheChristiansorMuslimsofanearlier era.Whatisnewisthebeliefthataperfectsecularorderwillemerge fromtheforcibleoverthrowoftraditionalauthority.ThisinherentlyimplausibleideagavedynamismtoEuropeinthenineteenthcentury, andhasbecomethemostsuccessfulideologicalexportoftheWestto theworldinthetwentieth.
