The Bonn Handbook of Globality

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction: The Bonn Handbook of Globality

   • Ludger Kühnhardt, Tilman Mayer

   Pages 1-15

3. Understanding Globality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Globality: Concept and Impact

      • Ludger Kühnhardt

      Pages 19-33

   3. Methods of Intellectual Concept Formation

      • Volker Ladenthin

      Pages 35-51

   4. The World of Worlds

      • Markus Gabriel

      Pages 53-64

   5. Nomos Earth

      • Wolfram Hogrebe

      Pages 65-78

   6. Globality: Models for Interpreting History

      • Günther Schulz

      Pages 79-91

4. Human Development: Freedom and Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Body

      • Ulrich Eibach

      Pages 95-103

   3. Brain and Mind

      • Ulrich Ettinger

      Pages 105-113

   4. Clothing

      • Volker Ladenthin

      Pages 115-124

   5. Competence

      • Una M. Röhr-Sendlmeier, Udo Käser

      Pages 125-137

   6. Demography

      • Hans Dieter Laux

      Pages 139-149

   7. Education and Formation

      • Reinhold Boschki

      Pages 151-159

   8. Emotions

      • Rainer Banse, Jasmin Khosravie

      Pages 161-169

   9. Family

      • Una M. Röhr-Sendlmeier

      Pages 171-184

   10. Friendship

       • Dorothee Gall

       Pages 185-195

   11. Gender

       • Sabine Sielke, Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche

       Pages 197-205

   12. Happiness

       • Christoph Horn

       Pages 207-216

This two-volume handbook provides readers with a comprehensive interpretation of globality through the multifaceted prism of the humanities and social sciences. Key concepts and symbolizations rooted in and shaped by European academic traditions are discussed and reinterpreted under the conditions of the global turn. Highlighting consistent anthropological features and socio-cultural realities, the handbook gathers coherently structured articles written by 110 professors in the humanities and social sciences at Bonn University, Germany, who initiate a global dialogue on meaningful and sustainable notions of human life in the age of globality.


Volume 1 introduces readers to various interpretations of globality, and discusses notions of human development, communication and aesthetics.


Volume 2 covers notions of technical meaning, of political and moral order, and reflections on the shaping of globality.

• Globality
• Globalization
• Human development
• Global turn
• Modernity
• Universalization

• Political Science, University of Bonn/Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Bonn, Germany

  Ludger Kühnhardt

• Political Science, History of Ideas and Contemporary History, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  Tilman Mayer

Ludger Kühnhardt is a professor of Political Science at Bonn University, Germany. He is also director of Bonn University’s Center for European Studies (ZEI). 


Tilman Mayer is a professor of Political Science at Bonn University, Germany. He is also president of the Society for German Studies and a former president of the German Demographic Society (2010-2016).

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