Sonntage eines großstädtischen Arbeiters in der Natur (1906): Kritische Neuausgabe mit Beiträgen zur Nachhaltigkeit
Cover Art by Klaus Staeck
Edited by Peter Morris-Keitel and Erich Hobusch
Curt Gottewitz (1866-1905), who received a doctorate in German literature in 1890, was best-known as the author of several novels and of enlightened and insightful descriptions of nature. His works were widely read by workers’ and environmental organizations between 1906 and 1933. Grottewitz was particularly popular among the Naturfreunde (Nature Friends) in and around Berlin. His best known works, Sonntage eines großstädtischen Arbeiters in der Natur (1906, “Sundays of a City Laborer in Nature”) and Unser Wald (1907, “Our Forest”) were published in several editions before World War I and in the 1920s. Grottewitz’s goal was for his readers to understand the totality of nature from a perspective that included early aspects of both ecology and sustainability. Therefore, his detailed descriptions of plants and trees were aimed at an understanding that nature, beyond anthropocentric exploitation, had an important cultural value that should be preserved by all means possible. This critical edition is aimed at environmentally conscious readers who are also interested in historical concepts of sustainability as well as its representation in literature. The essays emphasize Grottewitz’s influence on and importance for socially and ecologically responsible dealings with nature for today and tomorrow.
Contents
- MICHAEL MÜLLER: Vorwort. Curt Grottewitz und der Gedanke der Nachhaltigkeit
- CURT GROTTEWITZ: Sonntage eines großstädtischen Arbeiter in der Natur (1906) Nachruf auf Curt Grottewitz vom Juli 1914
- WILLI BULAN: Erinnerungen an meine Wanderfahrten: 36. Wanderfahrt/Nachtfahrt vom 3. zum 4. Juli 1909
- PETER MORRIS-KEITEL: „... eine solche interessante Naturerscheinung in unverfälschter Echtheit ...“: Curt Grottewitz als früher Vertreter ökologischer Nachhaltigkeitskonzepte
- ARNOLD HANKEL: Nachhaltigkeit statt Raubbau: Curt Grottewitz’ Buch Unser Wald (1907)
- PETER MORRIS-KEITEL: Anthropozentrischer Naturschutz oder ökologische Nachhaltigkeit? Zur Dialektik der „Ursprünglichkeit der Natur“
- CLAUS-DIETER SPRINK: Vom Germanisten zum Bauern: Curt Grottewitz in Müggelheim
- ERICH HOBUSCH: Zur Geschichte der „Grottewitz-Hütten“ an der Großen Krampe
- MARTIN JAHN / ERICH HOBUSCH: Curt-Grottewitz-Gedenkwanderungen
- ERICH HOBUSCH / PETER MORRIS-KEITEL: Publikationen des Max Curt Pfütze / Kurt Zepka / Curt Grottewitz
- Verzeichnis der Mitarbeiter
- Verzeichnis der Abbildungen