This honorary volume for Konstantinos Tsoukalas includes thirty-four texts-gifts of spirit and heart from prominent colleagues, friends, and students, to honor the social scientist, the intellectual, the professor, and the man Konstantinos Tsoukalas.

The texts reflect the variety, importance, and impact of his work in Greece. They are organized into thematic sections that stem from his many years of work and address issues related to democracy, globalization, war and peace, cultural icons, discourse, administration, the state, society, education, life politics, as well as religion.

The volume concludes with an epilogue by Konstantinos Tsoukalas, which discusses civil society.