Verkaufte Zukunft – Warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu scheitern droht

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Jens Beckert in conversation with Gert Scobel

We have been aware of the dangers of global warming for decades. Nevertheless, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Apparently, we are not succeeding in stopping climate change. How can this failure be explained? Why are societies reacting so hesitantly to this threat?

Beckert shows why climate change is a treacherous problem that, due to its institutional and cultural structures, the capitalist modernity that has been developing for 500 years is almost bound to fail. Temperatures will therefore continue to rise and social and political conflicts will intensify. Adaptability, resilience and, above all, solidarity are required. This results in tasks for a realistic climate policy.

Jens Beckert has been Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and Professor of Sociology in Cologne since 2005. He was awarded the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation in 2018.

Gert Scobel teaches philosophy and interdisciplinarity at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. He has received numerous awards for his program "scobel" on 3sat and his philosophical YouTube channel, including the Grimme Prize.

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