Ecofascism: An Examination of the Far-Right/Ecology Nexus in the Online Space

IF 2.3 2区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Terrorism and Political Violence Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI:10.1080/09546553.2022.2069932

Brian Hughes, David Jones, Amarnath Amarasingam

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Abstract

ABSTRACT With Patrick Crusuis’ 2019 attack that killed twenty-two people in El Paso, Texas, discussions of ecofascism were thrust into mainstream news outlets and magazines. In his manifesto, Crusius described himself as an “ecofascist” seeking to challenge the “environmental warfare” of immigration. His choice of target, a Walmart frequented by Mexican immigrants, reflects this ideological connection between ecological priorities and violent white supremacist ideology. In this paper, the authors provide a review of existing theoretical literature on ecofascism to identify its key characteristics, namely, its Romantic sensibilities, anti-humanism, and mysticism. The authors argue that these features distinguish ecofascism from what other scholars have deemed “far-right ecologisms.” Following this, the authors draw on a larger corpus of data gathered from Twitter and Telegram between November 2019 and November 2020 to identify common themes in ecofascist circles, including the thinkers they frequently cite. The dataset examined shows notable differences in the types of content shared in ecofascist groups compared to the far-right more broadly.

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生态法西斯主义:对网络空间中极右翼/生态关系的考察

随着帕特里克·克鲁索2019年在德克萨斯州埃尔帕索发动袭击，造成22人死亡，关于生态法西斯主义的讨论被推入主流新闻媒体和杂志。在他的宣言中，克鲁修斯将自己描述为一个“生态法西斯主义者”，试图挑战移民的“环境战”。他选择墨西哥移民经常光顾的沃尔玛作为目标，反映了生态优先与暴力白人至上主义意识形态之间的意识形态联系。在本文中，作者对现有的生态法西斯主义理论文献进行了回顾，以确定其主要特征，即浪漫主义敏感性，反人道主义和神秘主义。作者认为，这些特征将生态法西斯主义与其他学者所认为的“极右翼生态主义”区分开来。在此之后，作者利用了2019年11月至2020年11月期间从Twitter和Telegram收集的更大的数据语料库，以确定生态法西斯主义圈子中的共同主题，包括他们经常引用的思想家。研究的数据集显示，与更广泛的极右翼相比，生态法西斯团体分享的内容类型存在显著差异。

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期刊介绍： Terrorism and Political Violence advances scholarship on a broad range of issues associated with terrorism and political violence, including subjects such as: the political meaning of terrorist activity, violence by rebels and by states, the links between political violence and organized crime, protest, rebellion, revolution, the influence of social networks, and the impact on human rights. The journal draws upon many disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as comparative approaches to provide some of the most groundbreaking work in a field that has hitherto lacked rigour. Terrorism and Political Violence features symposia and edited volumes to cover an important topic in depth. Subjects have included: terrorism and public policy; religion and violence; political parties and terrorism; technology and terrorism; and right-wing terrorism. The journal is essential reading for all academics, decision-makers, and security specialists concerned with understanding political violence.