The Environmentalism of the Far-Right Pagans: Blood, Soil, and the Spirits of the Land
Far-Right Pagans, like most other contemporary Pagans, view their spirituality as earth-based. They are concerned about the environment, however that concern is integrated with their politics of White Supremacy. Based on my research of their online discourse, I find that they use four major themes t...
Subtitles: | "Special Issue: Contemporary Pagan Ecospiritualities, (Part 2)" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2023
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 481-500 |
Further subjects: | B
natural law language
B population control B Heathens B Environmentalism B enviromentalism B extremist politics B Far-right B deep green ecology |
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Summary: | Far-Right Pagans, like most other contemporary Pagans, view their spirituality as earth-based. They are concerned about the environment, however that concern is integrated with their politics of White Supremacy. Based on my research of their online discourse, I find that they use four major themes to frame the environmental crisis: (1) The embrace of human beings as part of the natural world and not above it. (2) The acceptance of natural laws as the basis of ethical behavior. (3) A focus on purity and (4) A view that immigration and more generally human population needs to be limited to protect the environment. All of these to a greater or less degree can be found as aspects of the larger environmental movement. They, however, take a particular twist within the extremist logic and agenda of the far-right that is used to justify their radical solutions. |
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ISSN: | 1749-4915 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.24203 |