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

V. Aesthetic-Practical Appropriation of the World: Art and Culture.- Aesthetics (Rolf Lessenich).- Archaeology (Bethany J. Walker).- Art (Roland Kanz).- Beauty (Anne-Marie Bonnet).- Cultural change (Reinhard Zöllner).- Cultural memory (Roland A. Ißler).- Culture (Christoph Antweiler).- Dance (Erik Fischer and Alexander Kleinschrodt).- Film (Michael Wetzel).- Founding myths (Michael Bernsen).- Image (Jens Schröter).- Liberal arts and cultural studies (Paul Geyer).- Literature (Christian Moser).- Museum (Karoline Noack).- Music (Bettina Schlüter).- Narration (Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp).- Reception of antiquity (Thomas A. Schmitz).- Theater (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 and Thomas Freiberger).- Demos (Christian Hillgruber).- Empire (Dominik Geppert).- Europe (Peter Geiss).- Federalism (Hanns Jürgen Küsters).- Governance (Frank Decker).- Law (Mathias Schmoeckel).- 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).- Community and society (Clemens Albrecht).- Conflict (Marc Laureys and Rolf Lessenich).- Conventions (Doris Mathilde Lucke).- Cosmos (Cornelia Richter).- Ethics (Dieter Sturma).- Eternity and finitude (Michael Schulz).- Freedom, equality, solidarity (Christoph Horn).- Humanity (Marc Laureys and 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).- Sacred Books (Manfred Hutter).- Time (Dirk Tänzler).- Truth (Michael Schulz).- Values (Hartmut Kreß).- 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).- Globality: Cultural comparison between Europe and China (Wolfgang Kubin).- Humanity - Globality - Politics (Tilman Mayer).