On rebellion in the regressive modern age
Oliver Nachtwey
born in 1975 in Unna, is a sociologist at the Technical University of Darmstadt and researches labour, inequality, protest and democracy. He writes regularly for various daily and weekly newspapers and online portals.
Moderation Robert Misik, Author
The possibility of social advancement was one of the central promises of the »old« FRG - and in fact it was usually fulfilled: the Beetle became an Audi, the children of skilled workers became academics. In the meantime, the social lift has come to a standstill: University degrees no longer automatically mean status and security, and employees are getting less and less of the big cake.
Oliver Nachtwey analyses the causes of this rupture and looks at the potential for conflict that it creates: even if Germany may have come through the crisis relatively unscathed so far, we could soon be faced with social conflicts that are already shaking the societies of southern Europe.