Includes bibliographical references.

The axial age in world history / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt -- Judeo-Christian tradition / Wolfgang Huber -- The Greco-Roman tradition / Christian Meier -- How Europe became diverse : on the medieval roots of the plurality of values / Michael Borgolte -- Freedom, slavery, and the modern construction of rights / Orlando Patterson -- The value of introspection / Kurt Flasch -- Rationality -- a specifically European characteristic? / Wolfgang Schluchter -- The affirmation of ordinary life / Wolfgang Reinhard -- Inner nature and social normativity : the idea of self-realization / Christophe Menke -- The status of the Enlightenment in German history / Reinhart Koselleck -- The dark continent -- Europe and totalitarianism / Mark Mazower -- Value change in Europe from the perspective of empirical social research / Helmut Thome -- The realities of cultural struggles / Dieter Senghaas -- The contest of values : notes on contemporary Islamic discourse / Gudrun Kramer -- Does Europe have a cultural identity? / Peter Wagner.

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What is the cultural identity of Europe? Are there specifically European values? Questions like these are at the centre of a considerable number of political and scholarly debates in contemporary Europe. Contributors examine the most important innovations and culturally vital value traditions of Europe to produce an image of contemporary European self-understanding.

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