ABSTRACT
The most remarkable contribution by writers to the whole debate about peace was the two meetings in Berlin in the early 1980s between authors from both German states. The one political group that one might expect to enjoy a high level of support among intellectuals is the Greens, in that they are the political embodiment of many of their concerns, especially atomic weapons, atomic power and environmental pollution. The change of values apparent in the 1980s, especially in the new social movements like the ecology movement, makes it difficult to assess developments in terms of traditional right-left politics. Schneider accuses elements within the Greens and the peace movement of having an unrealistic vision of a harmonious world from which all conflict can be eradicated.
