Armin Nassehi

At a time when everyone is talking about grand visions of the future and radical change – be it climate protection, digitalization or the restructuring of the economy – sociologist Armin Nassehi takes a sober look at the reality of social change. How can we shape the future without succumbing to the temptation of simplistic solutions? Nassehi shows that real transformation does not come about through moral appeals, but only by understanding how society actually works – and why the path to the future is often more successful in small steps than through grand gestures.

Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi, one of Germany’s leading sociologists, holds the Chair of General Sociology and Social Theory at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and has been editor of the cultural magazine Kursbuch since 2012. Kritik der großen Geste (2024) is his latest book.

In the series Thinking Futures