Climate Change and Cultural Transition in Europe

Claus Leggewie, is a political scientist and historian and specialises in interdisciplinary cultural studies. His recent publications include: Anti-Europäer. Breivik, Dugin, al Suri & Co, Suhrkamp: Berlin, 2016 and Europe first! Eine Unabhängigkeitserklärung, Ullstein: Berlin, 2017. With Erik Meyer he is the editor of Global Pop. Das Buch zur Weltmusik, Metzler: Stuttgart, 2017.Franz Mauelshagen is an environmental historian and historian of science. His recent publications include: With Sam White, Christian Pfister, Palgrave Handbook of Climate History, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 and “Bridging the Great Divide — The Anthropocene as a Challenge to the Social Sciences and Humanities.” In Paul J. Crutzen et al. (eds.): The Anthropocene — A New Phase in Earth History , London, 2017.

• ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction—Tracing and Replacing Europe’s Carbon CultureClaus Leggewie and Franz MauelshagenPart 1: Ideas1 Complexion and Climate: An Attempt at an Outline of Weather Outlooks in Europe from the Beginnings until TodayJörn Sieglerschmidt2 Theological Perspectives in the Ethical Debate about Climate ChangeMarkus VogtPart 2: Past3 Long- and Short-Term Central European Climate Development in the Context of Vulnerability, Food Security, and EmigrationRüdiger Glaser, Dirk Riemann, Steffen Vogt, and Iso Himmelsbach4 History and Climate: The Crisis of the 1590s ReconsideredGeoffrey Parker5 The “Black Swan” of 1540: Aspects of a European MegadroughtChristian PfisterPart 3: Memoirs6 The Birth of Climate HistoryEmmanuel Le Roy LaduriePart 4: Present7 EU Climate Leadership? Europe’s Role in Global Climate NegotiationsClara Brandi8 Energy Transition in Germany: Sonderweg or Role Model?Claudia Kemfert9 Changing Climates, Changing Spaces, Changing Times: Adaptation and Conflict on the West Frisian Island of AmelandLea SchmittPart 5: Prospects10 The Age of Uncertainty: The Challenges of Climate Change for the Insurance BusinessFranz Mauelshagen11 Climate Change and Future Pasts: Preliminary Considerations on a Historiography of the FutureClaus LeggewieBibliographyIndex