Die Multioptionsgesellschaft

Peter Gross analyzes the promises and contradictions of the idea of progress in an open society that no longer has any serious enemies. He describes the individual and societal consequences of the infinite desire for more. He questions whether the Western lesson of progress needs to be re-evaluated in light of dwindling resources and increasingly limited distribution options. He discusses whether the recognition of differences, or the acceptance of diversity, could be the counter-formula to the transpolitical program of an endless unfolding of new possibilities and hopes for participation.