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).

I.Understanding globalityIntroduction......................................Ludger Kühnhardt/Tilman MayerGlobality: Concept and impact......................................Ludger KühnhardtMethods of intellectual concept formation......................................Volker LadenthinThe world of worlds......................................Markus Gabriel Nomos Earth......................................Wolfram HogrebeGlobality: Models for interpreting history......................................Günther SchulzII.Human development:  Freedom and EducationBody......................................Ulrich EibachBrain and Mind......................................Ulrich EttingerClothing......................................Volker LadenthinCompetence......................................Una Röhr-Sendlmeier/Udo KäserDemography......................................Hans-Dieter LauxEducation and Formation......................................Reinhold BoschkiEmotions......................................Rainer Banse/Jasmin KhosravieFamily......................................Una Maria Röhr-SendlmeierFriendship......................................Dorothee GallGender......................................Sabine Sielke/Elisabeth Schäfer-WünscheHappiness......................................Christoph HornHealth and medicine......................................Karoline NoackIntelligence......................................André BeauducelKnowledge......................................Elke BrendelLife phases......................................Georg RudingerNutrition......................................Joachim von BraunReading......................................Florian RadvanSexuality......................................Jasmine Khosravie/Rainer BanseSports......................................Dittmar DahlmannSubjectivity......................................Theo KobuschIII.Human communication: Language and interaction Argumentation......................................Elke BrendelBook......................................Günter BaderCollective identity......................................Christoph AntweilerCritique......................................Michael N. ForsterEnglish......................................Klaus P. Schneider/Uwe BaumannGerman......................................Claudia Wich-ReifGraphism(s)......................................Sabine MainbergerInternet......................................Caja ThimmKnowledge transfer......................................Uwe KüchlerLanguages......................................Franz LebsanftManners......................................Doris Mathilde LuckeMedia......................................Michael WetzelNonverbal Communication......................................Mechthild AlbertReason and Rationality......................................Rainer Stuhlmann-LaeiszRemembrance......................................Reinhold BoschkiSymbolic signs......................................Ludwig MorenzTransfer of concepts......................................Harald MeyerTranslation......................................Daniela PirazziniWorld society......................................Rudolf StichwehWriting......................................Ludwig MorenzIV. Technical-instrumental appropriation of the world: property and workArchitecture......................................Georg SatzingerBorder......................................Peter SchwiegerDevelopment......................................Erich WeedeDivision of labor......................................Friedrich FürstenbergEnvironment......................................Jürgen PohlHabitation......................................Jörg BlasiusHome......................................Manfred GrotenIntellectual property......................................Matthias Leistner/Stefan KorochLandscape......................................Winfried SchenkMobility......................................Dittmar DahlmannModernity......................................Ingo StöckmannNature......................................Karl Heinz Erdmann/Andreas Wilhelm MuesProgress......................................Dirk TänzlerSocial Security......................................Friedrich FürstenbergSpace......................................Conrad SchetterUrban development......................................Theo KötterUrban society......................................Jörg BlasiusWealth......................................Winfried SchmitzWork......................................Gerhard Blickle/Mareike KholinWorld Market......................................Ralph Kauz