In his book "Rethinking European Modernity. Reason, Power and Coloniality" (Bloomsbury 2024), Hans Schelkshorn lays the foundation for a new philosophical interpretation of European modernity, which critically responds to intra-European debates (Critical Theory, Heidegger, Blumenberg, Frankfurt discourse theory, Civilization theory) on the one hand, and the critique of modernity by postcolonial philosophies in Latin America on the other hand. In the light of the metatheory of “de-limitations”, cultural upheavals triggered by the astronomical revolution and Europe's transoceanic expansion are reinterpreted in detailed studies of the philosophies of the Renaissance and the rationalist thinking of the 17th century. From this perspective, European modernity appears as an amalgam of rational achievements, power syndromes, and particular cultural dimensions. This conference intends a "Zwischenbetrachtung", not only in the reception of Schelkshorn’s theory of modernity, but also in current research in intercultural philosophy.