Both are among the most attentive observers of our society: with his study Trigger Points, sociologist Steffen Mau has brought new arguments to an old debate. Be it the question of social inequality, migration, diversity and gender or climate protection: his surprising finding is that there is often a certain degree of consensus in society. However, when certain trigger points are touched, the debate suddenly intensifies.
The sociologist Hartmut Rosa, who teaches in Jena, is working on a resonance theory project and believes that people are threatened by the major challenges of an increasingly fast-paced modern age, only shares this finding to a limited extent and fears American conditions here in Germany too. In a year in which important election decisions are pending, both ask: How divided is our society? Moderated by: Ferdos Forudastan