And is it not a fact that,in a strictly analogous way,liberal warriors are so eager to fight antidemocratic fundamentalism that they will end up flinging away freedom and democracy

re generally,does not the same apply to the postmodern dis-dain for great ideological Causes—to the notion that,in our post-ideological era,instead of trying to change the world,we shouldreinvent ourselves,our whole universe,by engaging in new forms of (sexual,spiritual,aesthetic ...) subjective practices t is privacy itself thatchanges into a totally objectivized “commodified”sphere.With-drawal into privacy today means adopting formulas of private au-thenticity propagated by the modern culture industry—from takinglessons in spiritual enlightenment,and following the latest culturaland other fashions,to taking up jogging and bodybuilding.