The analysis of basic ideas of european integration is the
crucial part of my thesis. I describe historical changes in the
understanding of terms progress, common good, prosperity,
crisis, nations, european integration, and european values. I
try to explore their contemporary meanings in academic
literature as well as in official documents of european
institutions. My analysis of ideas facilitates me to make my
own proposal of their understanding which may also reflect
their rarely used meanings. I especially accent differences in
particular interpretations based on different fields of social
interaction among which I count religion, politics, science,
art, economy and family. One of my conclusions states that
unlimited usage of particular interpretative frameworks can
intensify the misunderstanding of terms in european
integration.