The Culture of German Environmentalism : : Anxieties, Visions, Realities / / ed. by Axel Goodbody.

• MitwirkendeR: Amery, Carl,; Baukloh, Anja,; Blühdorn, Ingolfur,; Goodbody, Axel,; Hoffmann, Jürgen,; Hope, Jacquie,; Krönig, Jürgen,; Lindenpütz, Dagmar,; Palfreyman, Rachel,; Rohkrämer, Thomas,; Roose, Jochen,
• HerausgeberIn: Goodbody, Axel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Culture & Society in Germany ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

Though much has been written about the Green Party in Germany, less is known about the changes in individuals' attitudes towards the environment that led to the rise of environmental movement, or of its cultural roots. This volume draws attention to the breadth of environmentalism in contemporary Germany and its significance for German political culture by focusing on the treatment of "green" issues in literature, the media and film, against the background of Green politics and the environmental movement. The volume includes an interview with Carl Amery, the Bavarian Green and science fiction writer, a short text by him and an account of his activities as writer and campaigner.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- PART I From the Practitioner’s Standpoint: Promoting Environmental Awareness in Twenty-First Century Germany -- CHAPTER 1 Eco-Journalism -- CHAPTER 2 Lianas Across the Jungle: An Interview with Carl Amery -- PART II Environmentalism in Germany: Political, Social and Cultural Dimensions -- CHAPTER 3 Anxieties, Visions and Realities: Environmentalism in Germany -- PART III The Environmental Movement: Past, Present and Future -- CHAPTER 4 Contemporary Environmentalism and its Links with the German Past -- CHAPTER 5 From Cooperation to Confrontation: The Greens and the Ecology Movement in Germany -- CHAPTER 6 The Environmental Movement and Environmental Concern in Contemporary Germany -- CHAPTER 7 Green Futures? A Future for the Greens? -- PART IV Literary and Filmic Discourses on the Environment -- CHAPTER 8 The Great Blind Spot -- CHAPTER 9 Writing Environmental Crisis: The Example of Carl Amery -- CHAPTER 10 Environmentalism and its Cultural Transformation in the German Democratic Republic: Poetry and Fictional Prose -- CHAPTER 11 Green Strands on the Silver Screen? Heimat and Environment in the German Cinema -- CHAPTER 12 Children’s Literature as a Medium of Environmental Education -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX