Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht, born in 1964, is a philosopher, publicist and author, and one of the most prominent intellectuals in the German-speaking world. He is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. His books, such as ‘Who Am I – And If So, How Many?’, ‘Love – An Untidy Feeling’ and ‘The Art of Not Being an Egoist’ are international
bestsellers and have been translated into more than 40 languages. ‘On Duty: A Reflection’ was published in 2021, followed in April 2022 by ‘Freedom for All: The End of Work as We Knew It’.
In it, he shows how changes in the world of work are transforming our lives, our culture, our concept of education and, ultimately, society as a whole – and what enormous challenges politicians face, in particular the restructuring of our social system towards an unconditional basic income. In 2023, he published ‘Die vierte Gewalt’ (The Fourth Power) together with Harald Welzer. His essay ‘Das Jahrhundert der Toleranz’ (The Century of Tolerance), published in May 2024, is a plea for a value-based foreign policy and refers to the need for a new world order in times of international crises. Since 2012, Richard David Precht has been hosting the philosophy programme ‘Precht’ on ZDF. In the ZDF podcast ‘Lanz & Precht,’ Richard David Precht and Markus Lanz discuss the socially and politically relevant issues of our time. In 2024, it became the No. 1 podcast in Germany.
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