What our longing for home does to us - a diagnosis of the times. Home is still possible today - but not through the invocation of the past, says the feuilletonist, philosopher, and publicist Christian Schüle. He describes the loss of the familiar and the lack of trust. Both shape the current discussion around the concept of home and fuel the fear of the unknown. Against the backdrop of the refugee crisis and migration, the notion of home is changing more rapidly than Germany has ever experienced before. Political, economic, and social boundaries are dissolving with the triumph of globalization. The world is becoming increasingly incomprehensible, and the number of those lamenting a loss of security and comfort is growing. However, the keywords globalization, refugee, and migration are not only the most prominent features of this transformation of home.