Elmar Altvater was a political scientist who, from the late 1960s until his death on 1 May 2018, worked in Germany and many countries both in Europe and other parts of the world as a university professor and as a concerned political intellectual, contributing an extensive range of lectures, research, writings and public interventions. Trained in the writings of a critical political economy, his main interest was directed to developing a fruitful analysis of our future-threatening economic system.



From Birgit Mahnkopf: Change Everything, so that the World May Survive

This website was created after his death, in order to provide access to his numerous writings, speeches and interviews for younger generations and thus to increase the chance that his concern for an ecologically motivated critique of the political economy of our contemporary social and economic system will be further developed.

Anyone who would like to supplement the materials mentioned and documented on this website can contact us: elmarwebpage@gmail.com