Our politics are increasingly driven by emotions, so it would seem. Facts are being called into question by perceived truths. Radicals of every description are attracting more and more attention with simple answers to complex questions and the political center often does not know how to deal with heated emotions. The Power of Emotions. Germany 19 | 19 takes present-day manifestations of 20 emotions as a starting point and shows how these have developed during the 20th century.
The lecture is followed by a discussion with Dr. Ute Frevert, director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and scientific member of the Max Planck Society.