Conversations always involve a risk. It can happen that your own position is attacked and invalidated during a conversation and new insights are gained. The transformative power of conversations lies in their ability to overcome old views and open up new horizons. With this function, conversations play a central role in democratic opinion-forming. Conversations connect interests and open up new perspectives. Barbara Bleisch has mastered the art of conversation. In countless conversations, she guides us through the intellectual worlds of great thinkers. How does she view conversation as a medium of exchange? Is conversation a philosophical or political instrument? What role does it play in the current crises?
Tue 28, February 2023
A conversation about conversations
Barbara Bleisch / Episode 20