Carolin Emcke, one of the most important intellectuals of our time, addresses the major issues of our era—racism, fanaticism, and hostility towards democracy—in her passionate essay "Against Hate." In an increasingly polarized and fragmented public sphere, a way of thinking prevails that allows doubt only towards the positions of others, but not towards one's own. In contrast to this dogmatic thinking, which ignores nuances, Carolin Emcke offers a celebration of the diverse and the "impure"—because this is how the freedom of the individual and the deviant must be protected. Only with the courage to oppose hate and the willingness to endure and negotiate plurality can democracy be realized. This is the only way we can effectively confront religious and nationalist fanatics, as differentiation and precision are what they fear the most.