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Where there is power, there is abuse. And power is everywhere. Perhaps it is most effective where we do not feel it. So who should have power - and how much? And how can we protect ourselves from abuse? Yves Bossart talks about this with the philosopher and power expert Martin Saar. Powerful people tend to overestimate themselves and be ruthless. This has been shown by recent studies. Abuse is lurking everywhere. In the Catholic Church as well as in business, politics and society. So is power evil? How should it be distributed? And where is the world's power currently concentrated? Martin Saar is a professor of social philosophy at the Goethe University in Frankfurt an Main and one of the leading experts when it comes to questions of power. In conversation with Yves Bossart, he explains what we can learn about the nature of power from great thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt. Literature: Martin Saar: "The Immanence of Power. Political Theory after Spinoza", Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin 2013. Andreas Anter: "Introduction to Theories of Power", Junius Verlag Hamburg 2012. Sternstunde Philosophie from March 10, 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More culture on YouTube 🔔 https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... More culture on Facebook 👥 / srfkultur More culture on Twitter 🐦 / srfkultur More culture on srf.ch 👉 https://www.srf.ch/kultur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Sternstunde Philosophie" cultivates the in-depth and critical exchange of ideas and gets to the bottom of the burning questions of our time. The "Sternstunde Philosophie" draws a broad arc from socio-political topicality to the fundamental questions of philosophy: Who is responsible for what, what does human freedom consist of, what determines the meaning of our life? Guests include personalities from science, culture, politics and business - voices that stimulate thought and reflect on and classify our current events. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFCulture #SRFSternstunde #Philosophy #Power #SRF #martinsaar