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...

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Autres titres:"Special Issue: Contemporary Pagan Ecospiritualities, (Part 2)"
Auteur principal: Berger, Helen A. 1949- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox Publ. 2023
Dans: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Année: 2023, Volume: 17, Numéro: 4, Pages: 481-500
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1749-4915
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.24203