The Bonn Handbook of Globality, 1st ed. 2019 Volume 2

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.

V. Aesthetic-practical appropriation of the world: art and culture

Aesthetics..........................Rolf Lessenich

Archaeology..........................Bethany Joelle Walker

Art..........................Roland Kanz

Cultural Change..........................Reinhard Zöllner

Cultural Memory..........................Roland A. Ißler

Dance..........................Erik Fischer/Alexander Kleinschrodt

Film..........................Michael Wetzel

Image..........................Jens Schröter

Liberal Arts and Cultural Studies..........................Paul Geyer

Museum..........................Karin Noack

Music..........................Bettina Schlüter

Reception of antiquity..........................Thomas A. Schmitz

Theatre..........................Helmut J. Schneider

Tradition..........................Rolf Lessenich

Travel..........................Kerstin Stüssel

VI. Public order: politics and law

Atlantic Civilization..........................Karl Kaiser

Constitution..........................Klaus F. Gärditz

Democracy..........................Volker Kronenberg

Dictatorship..........................Volker Kronenberg

Diplomacy..........................Joachim Scholtyseck/Thomas Freiberger

Demos..........................Christian Hillgruber

Empire..........................Dominik Geppert

Europe..........................Peter Geiss

Federalism..........................Hanns Jürgen Küsters

Governance..........................Frank Decker

Law..........................Mathias Schmoekel

Monopoly on the use of force..........................Stefan Haack

Nation..........................Peter Geiss

Peace..........................Erich Weede

Political leaders..........................Hans-Peter Schwarz

Power..........................Matthias Becher

Regulation..........................Christian Koenig

Sanctions..........................Urs Kindhäuser

Sovereignty..........................Matthias Herdegen

World Order..........................Christian Hacke

VII. Moral order and human mortality: Ethics and religion

Cognition..........................Andreas Bartels

Conflict..........................Marc Laureys/Rolf Lessenich

Conventions..........................Doris Mathilde Lucke

Cosmos..........................Cornelia Richter

Ethics..........................Dieter Sturma

Eternity and Finitude..........................Michael Schulz

Humanity..........................Marc Laureys/Rolf Lessenich

Human dignity..........................Theo Kobusch

Images of Man..........................Ludger Honnefelder

Marriage and family..........................Gerhard Höver

Meaning of life..........................Christoph Horn

Oikos..........................Heinz Gerd Ingenkamp

Religion..........................Michael Schulz

Rituals..........................Michael Meyer-Blanck

Time..........................Dirk Tänzler

Truth..........................Michael Schulz

VIII. Shaping globality

Is globality shapeable?..........................Xuewu Gu 

Globality: The point of view of language and literature..........................Marion Gymnich

Christianity and other religions in the age of globality..........................Wolfram Kinzig

Global turn und cultural perceptions: The example of Islam..........................Stephan Conermann

Humanity – Globality – Politics..........................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).