Nature and Nationalism: Right-wing Ecology and the Politics of Identity in Germany (Second Edition 2024)

By: Jonathan Olsen

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Synopsis: In this new edition of his now classic 1999 book, Jonathan Olsen explores the relationship between the far right and the environment, or what he terms “right-wing ecology.” Arguing that radical environmentalism is not exclusively a domain of the left, Olsen shows how many of Germany's far right parties and groups ground their ecological ideology in an anti-universalist anthropology which sees human beings as naturally 'rooted' in specific nations and cultural traditions. Pollution in this discourse signifies not only the disruption of the natural world, but the social world as well, thus providing an environmental justification for an anti-immigrant politics which finds resonance outside the specific milieu of the far right. A rigorously theoretical book, Nature and Nationalism challenges our understanding of the deeply ambiguous ways in which 'nature' functions to legitimate a wide variety of political ideas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031743429
Related ISBNs:: 9783031743412
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 01/24/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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