Krise? Welche Krise? Die 1970er-Jahre in Österreich aus umwelthistorischer Perspektive

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No AccessKrise? Welche Krise? Die 1970er-Jahre in Österreich aus umwelthistorischer PerspektiveAssoz.-Prof. Dr. Martin SchmidAssoz.-Prof. Dr. Martin Schmid Universität für Bodenkultur, Institut für Soziale Ökologie, Wien Österreich Search for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.14220/9783737015677.215SectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AboutAbstract: Due to oil prices and terror, the 1970s have been described as a decade of crisis, but in Austria, with a view to the “Kreisky Era”, also as aphase of societal renewal, democratisation, and modernisation. In environmental history, this decade marks the break-through of a consumer and throwaway society with the concurrent formation of a new environmental movement. This article attempts a combination of different historiographical interpretations of the 1970s. With a focus on material and energy flows (‘social metabolism’), the 1970s can be characterised as a decisive late phase of Austria’s transition from an agrarian to an industrial socio-metabolic regime. Austria saw a significant deceleration of economic growth, compared to the “Wirtschaftswunder”, and thus a slowdown in the consumption of nature. This situation was a ”crisis” for most political elites, also blaming the new environmental movement for conflicts over a future energy system. Keywords: 1970s, Austrian environmental history, social metabolism, consumer society, environmentalism Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Download book cover 1. AuflageISBN: 978-3-8471-1567-0 eISBN: 978-3-7370-1567-7HistoryPublished online:June 2023 Keywords1970sAustrian environmental historysocial metabolismconsumer societyenvironmentalismPDF download