Abstract
According to the
recommendation of famous literates to regard the own history in a time span of
3000 years these articles give a compact overview of Europeans development of
welfare and well-being. When the name of Europe was introduced in Greek history
it was an unknown area in the northern hemisphere who was developing to a
European state ensemble when the European Union was founded after the second
world war. This process is analysed systematically in the chapters of the
article. They are related to the ancient peoples of the Greeks, Romans Celts
and Germanics, who left their heritage for the following generations up to day.
Of tragic impact were the enemial relations between European peoples which
caused millions of fatalities in wars and conflicts. But in a long process of
state- and nation-building emerged a supranational unified Europe which was
prepared from great Charlemagne often called the “Father of Europe”. The rise
of modern Europe began with econonic growth in the later 18th century. The
implementation of democracy was a historical step mainly in the 19th century.
The emergence and differentiation of welfare states was a following step
beginning in the western areas of Europe. Europeans perception of life is
despite severe potentials of dissatisfaction at the top of the world. But an
era-turn in the second decade of the 21th century lead into a new societal
scenario with global wars and terrorism. Climate threats and societal problems,
Wellbeing for all remained a severe future task for Europeans and above.
