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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494576203321

Autore

Goodbody Axel

Titolo

Culture of German Environmentalism, The [[electronic resource] ] : Anxieties, Visions, Realities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2002

ISBN

9781782386056 (electronic book)

1-78238-605-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Culture & Society in Germany ; ; v.5

Disciplina

363.7

363.700943

Soggetti

Environment -- Germany

Environmentalism -- Germany

Right-wing extremists -- Germany

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Series Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Lists; 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 GermanyChapter 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 CinemaChapter 12: Children''s Literature as a Medium of Environmental Education; Notes on Contributors; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 fict