Rethinking European modernity: Reason, power and coloniality in early modern thought

Ľubomír Dunaj, Peter Wagner, Hans-Herbert Kögler, William Outhwaite, Hans Schelkshorn, Institute of Philosophy, Department of History of Slovak Philosophical and Political Thinking, Slovak Academy of Sciences

European Journal of Social Theory

Published online on April 15, 2026

Abstract

European Journal of Social Theory, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 544-577, August 2026.
In his bookRethinking European Modernity. Reason, Power and Coloniality, Schelkshorn lays the foundation for a new philosophical interpretation of European modernity, which critically responds to intra-European debates (Critical Theory, Heidegger, ...