1. The tradition of the sorcerer -- -- I. CULTUS : THE ORIGINS AND FORMS OF ETHNIC LIFE. 2. The origins and nature of ethnicity -- The nation-state -- The nature and classification of ethnic groups -- Context and choice in ethnic allegiance : the Chinese in the Caribbean -- The modern revival of ethnicity : with special reference to the United States -- 7. Modernity, universalism, and development : a clarification -- -- II. DOCTRINE : THE INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF WESTERN ETHNICITY. 8. The universal and the particular in Western social thought -- 9. Toward the Fascist convergence in modern Western thought -- 10. Ethnicity, the modern crisis, and the possibility of a secular reengagement.