Das grüne Jahrzehnt

Abstract

At the beginning of the 1970s, Wolfgang Harich increasingly turned towards ecological considerations. In 1975, his book, “Kommunismus ohne Wachstum” (‘Communism without Growth’), was published - the first work by a Marxist that faced the ecological challenges of modernity. It is printed in this volume. It is complemented by numerous letters and other documents that Harich wrote during his stays in Austria, Spain and the FRG in 1979–1981: To Helmut Schmidt, Willy Brandt and Erhard Eppler as well as to important German Greens of the time, like Petra Kelly or Herbert Gruhl. In the years of the Peaceful Revolution, Harich returned to the subject. In conclusion, letters and texts on ecology from the years after 1988 are presented.