Connected Worlds

The notes that Ludger Kühnhardt wrote in 235 countries and territories around the world create a fascinating panorama, reflected in the personal impressions, encounters and experiences of a political scientist and journalist working all over the world. The book reconstructs the connections between Europe's transformations and the emerging global era over six decades from 1960 to the threshold of the post-Corona world of 2020.

Provides an entertaining read that encourages comparisons across space and time Documents conversations with personalities from contemporary history Presents a personal and contemporary historically reflected view

Autorentext
Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt is director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and professor of political science at Bonn University, Germany.

Inhalt
Introduction: The world discovers itself.- Sovereignty: European transformation and non-European Pyrrhic victories (1960s and 1970s).- Awakenings towards freedom and globalization (1980s).- No end to world history and Europe's Europeanization (1990s).- Europe and the global turn: experiences of powerlessness and the world's source of inspiration (2000s). <p