Mit Hartmut Rosa
In this episode, Michel Friedman talks to Hartmut Rosa about crises: Is the world in crisis? What about democracy? The West? Is a state of crisis the new normal? How can we deal with so many flashpoints occurring simultaneously – without slipping into alarmism or indifference? When is a crisis productive? Does social progress require crises?
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Hartmut Rosa
Michel Friedman discusses these and other questions with the sociologist Hartmut Rosa, who conducts research at the University of Jena. Hartmut Rosa has been Professor of General and Theoretical Sociology at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena since 2005 and, since 2013, has also served as Director of the Max Weber College at the University of Erfurt. He is co-director of the annual international conference ‘Philosophy and the Social Sciences’ in Prague and served for many years as Vice-President/Secretary-General of Research Committee 35 of the International Sociological Association (ISA). His lectures and books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. His most important publications include *Acceleration and Alienation* (2013), *Resonance: A Sociology of World Relations* (2016) and *Unavailability* (2018).
The “Friedman in Conversation” series
The “Friedman in Conversation” series focuses on the existential and political issues of our time. In conversation with guests from the worlds of politics, the arts and academia, author, journalist and philosopher Michel Friedman regularly seeks to engage in debate. Intense, controversial, curious about emancipatory potential and clear-cut positions.
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October 2026
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