History of historical understanding, Critical theory, Critique of civilisation (starting with Rousseau), Empiricism, German idealism, Hermeneutics, Modern aesthetics (starting with Baumgarten), Modernity, late modernity and post-modernity, Natural law and contract theory (social perceptions in the Age of Enlightenment), Philosophy of enlightenment, Pragmatism, Republicanism, State and sovereignty, The idea of progress, Theories of democracy
