Trust - The Invisible Power

• Science Book of the Year 2021 (Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Austria)


• An appeal for a value in crisis    


• By an expert – Hartmann has been researching trust for years      


• Realistic, comprehensible and concrete

Sample translation available

An Appeal for a Value in Crisis  

It’s coveted by everyone everywhere – in banks, politics, science, the internet and love: our trust! Yet there’s a crisis of trust. Many feel betrayed by the media, political parties and companies.

Philosopher Martin Hartmann analyses this crisis in an inspiring diagnosis of the present. And he discovers a fundamental dilemma: We glorify trust, we miss it and lament its loss. But many are afraid of the vulnerability that goes hand in glove with it. New forms of surveillance are undertaken and apparently confirmed opinions are adhered to. This leads to conflicts, insecurity and gridlock. Reason enough for trust-building initiatives!

An illuminating read that helps us to understand what trust really is and its meaning in our lives. Martin Hartmann encourages us to dare to trust more again – for a better coexistence.