Die grosse Entzauberung

A hundred years ago, Max Weber lamented the disenchantment of the world – the belief that there are fundamentally no mysterious, unpredictable forces, and that, in principle, one can control all things through calculation. In his new book, Tobias Haberl writes against such discomfort, namely against the increasing disenchantment of our lives. For this is rational, digitized, insured, marketable, adorned with a moral seal of quality, smooth, and well-lit. We have everything under control. But have we also found freedom and happiness? Haberl's polemic against the spirit of the times poses uncomfortable questions. Could it be that we are becoming richer and at the same time poorer, safer and at the same time more anxious, less political and at the same time more radical? And Haberl presents the values that can enchant our lives again and fill them with true happiness: irrationality and glamour, spontaneity and serenity, naturalness and closeness.