Das philosophische Radio live: Klasse – Hanno Sauer über soziale Hierarchien und was wir dagegen tun können

Class, status, prestige - social hierarchies characterize every society, and yet they are not a law of nature. In Class. The Emergence of Top and Bottom, Hanno Sauer shows how social inequality arises: through consciously or unconsciously sent signals that determine one's place in the social hierarchy. Sauer understands "class" as socially constructed scarcity: whoever is at the top decides what counts. Based on an evolutionary theory of social status competition, he develops an anatomy of our class society: from the lower class to the upper class, from status symbols to the subtle counter-signals of the elites. Why do we strive for the top? Is inequality inevitable or can it be changed? Sauer, one of the most discussed young philosophers in Europe, provides precise questions rather than reassuring answers. Moderated by: Jürgen Wiebicke

With interpretation into German sign language