Harald Welzer

This book functions like an old-fashioned text and exercise book on a subject that should be introduced as a matter of urgency: moral fantasy. Its publication comes at exactly the right time. While all mature adults wish to change something as a matter of urgency, their energy almost always remains tied to the individual and private domain. Yet the desire for renewal and purification, for more air, light and movement, is not just the purview of women’s magazines – scholarly research, politics and the media would benefit from taking it seriously. (…) Many people ask themselves when something should change and what they themselves can do, and, if they do act, whether they are not just falling victim to the latest new doctrine. This is where Welzer’s very witty and clever book comes in. This must be one of the few critical and committed works of non-fiction that often makes one laugh. Welzer does not call for total withdrawal or immediate rebellion or point a denunciatory finger at particular industrial sectors. Rather, the reader is given many specific ideas and is simply inspired to make changes. The way it is presented here, anyone can make a start.

Nils Minkmar: “Was kann ich tun?”
© Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 March 2013