ABSTRACT
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we are witnessing a global transformation of modernity which calls for a re-thinking of the humanities and the social sciences. The period after the Second World War was the golden age [or social scientific research grounded in seemingly natural, never ending historical 'Wertbeziehungen' (value relations) (Max Weber): The humanities and social sciences drew lessons from the end of Nazi barbarianism, took part in the construction of the welfare state or the process of decolonization,
technocratic systems.
