People live like little parasites on Earth: They suck the life out of nature, with fatal consequences. The Indian historian Dipesh Chakrabarty is therefore calling for a radical rethink, away from the human perspective. Yves Bossart talks to him about bacteria, biodiversity and excavators. Topics in this episode: 00:00 What are people for you? 05:14 You are calling for a "planetary shift" in thinking, a new image of humanity. What does that look like? 28:24 Air conditioning systems are saving lives in India, but on the other hand they are continuing to heat up the global temperature. How do you resolve the contradiction between the ecological and social questions? 49:38 The historian Yuval Harari predicts that we will have descendants in the form of cyber beings. What do you think of that? ???? Subscribe to SRF Kultur Sternstunden on YouTube now ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... The Indian historian Dipesh Chakrabarty prefers to speak of the "habitability of the Earth" rather than "sustainability". He advocates decentering humans in nature and thinking in inhumane time periods. After all, humans have long since become the determining force on the planet in the "Anthropocene": Every day, around 150 species - animals, plants and microorganisms - become extinct. Floods, forest fires and droughts threaten the habitat of more than just humans. The consequences are migration, wars and resource scarcity. Chakrabarty argues that climate change has ushered in a new era in human history, which he calls the "planetary age". His demand: we must think completely anew about humans and nature if we want to have a future as a species. He talks to Yves Bossart about how this can be done. English version: • «Our current behaviors won't help us ... Sternstunde Philosophie from June 18, 2023 ____________________ Persons responsible for the program: Director: Monika Odermatt, Editors: Claudia Zeltner, Martina Kuhn, Daniel Dubach, Producer: Christine Schulthess, Management: Judith Hardegger, SRF 2023 ____________________ SRF Kultur Sternstunden on YouTube ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... More culture on Facebook ???? / srfkultur More culture on Instagram ???? / ​​srfkultur More culture on Twitter ???? / srfkultur More culture on srf.ch ???? https://www.srf.ch/kultur ____________________ The «Sternstunde Philosophie» cultivates an 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 current affairs to the fundamental questions of philosophy: who is responsible for what, what does human freedom consist of, what determines our meaning in life? Guests include personalities from science, culture, politics and business - voices that stimulate thought and reflect on and classify our current events. ____________________ Moderation: Barbara Bleisch: / barbarableisch Yves Bossart: / bossart_yves Wolfram Eilenberger: http://www.wolfram-eilenberger.de/ ____________________ Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFKultur #SRFKulturSternstunden #SRFSternstunde #Philosophie #zukunft #klima #planet #SRF #Kultur