German intellectuals generally anticipate a paradigmatic change of social order in the time of ongoing crisis in Europe. The so-called“crisis of legitimation”reveals the structural conflict between democracy and capitalism which，once believed to be under control during the welfare state period in post-war Europe，inevitably broke out under the neoliberal social and economic conditions of the European Union. The old version of Europe Narrative must consequently be substituted by a new one. In the process of rebuilding of or searching for the narrative，the teleological discourse to achieve perpetual peace seems to have accomplished its historical mission，while the post-war capitalism model of social-democracy proves to be an important resource for new thoughts and concepts. To bring the history back into contemporary time also means to recur to the moral philosophical position of the dignity of human being which primarily defines itself through work. This point must underlie the common engagement to reshape Europe.