Inflation of ideologies – why there are too many of them and why it makes many people take themselves too seriously. – Episode 34 Schallwelten from May 24, 2026

Anyone observing political debates, cultural institutions, or social media today quickly senses a paradoxical climate: never before has the number of stances, identities, "-isms," and moral codes been so vast, and at the same time, genuine understanding seems to be getting harder and harder. This precisely lies at the heart of the inflation of ideologies, as Lyotard already suggested in his reflections on postmodernism. […]