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The Bonn Handbook of Globality

Volume 2

  • Offers readers a more fundamental understanding of the ideational dimension of globalization
  • Reflects changing symbolizations and formations of key concepts in the social sciences and humanities under the conditions of the global turn
  • Features more than 130 short articles

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Table of contents (66 chapters)

  1. Aesthetic-Practical Appropriation of the World: Art and Culture

    1. Tradition

      • Rolf Lessenich
      Pages 957-965
    2. Travel

      • Kerstin Stüssel
      Pages 967-977
  2. Public Order: Politics and Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 979-979
    2. Atlantic Civilization

      • Karl Kaiser
      Pages 981-986
    3. Constitution

      • Klaus F. Gärditz
      Pages 987-1008
    4. Democracy

      • Volker Kronenberg
      Pages 1009-1016
    5. Dictatorship

      • Volker Kronenberg
      Pages 1017-1023
    6. Diplomacy

      • Joachim Scholtyseck, Thomas Freiberger
      Pages 1025-1037
    7. Demos

      • Christian Hillgruber
      Pages 1039-1049
    8. Empire

      • Dominik Geppert
      Pages 1051-1060
    9. Europe

      • Peter Geiss
      Pages 1061-1071
    10. Federalism

      • Hanns Jürgen Küsters
      Pages 1073-1084
    11. Governance

      • Frank Decker
      Pages 1085-1093
    12. Law

      • Mathias Schmoeckel
      Pages 1095-1105
    13. Monopoly on the Use of Force

      • Stefan Haack
      Pages 1107-1115
    14. Nation

      • Peter Geiss
      Pages 1117-1127
    15. Peace

      • Erich Weede
      Pages 1129-1136
    16. Political Leaders

      • Hans-Peter Schwarz
      Pages 1137-1146
    17. Power

      • Matthias Becher
      Pages 1147-1157
    18. Regulation

      • Christian Koenig
      Pages 1159-1167

About this book

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.


Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

About the editors

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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Hardcover Book USD 249.99
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