Arnold Bergstraesser's writings (Directory of writings as PDF) reflect his life from the Heidelberg sociology of culture - with France as the primary field of research, the preoccupation with values in classical literature during the emigration years - especially in the work of Goethe, to the commitment to political education and principles of order and values in world politics - in the light of the East-West conflict and (post)colonial North-South relations. Bergstraesser's attention to international cultural research provided a prelude to the themes of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute.