Modern philosophy of history, Conflict, Critical theory, Critique of civilisation (starting with Rousseau), Cultural change, Current philosophy of history and contemporary diagnostics, Democracy and power, Development of states, Ethical and moral forms of reasoning, Europe in general, European integration, France, Germany, Modernity, late modernity and post-modernity, Organisational ethics, Political history, Power and politics, Scientific history of the social sciences, Security, The EU and Europe, The international community