Peter Staudenmaier

Janet Biehl

Lessons from the German Experience

Ecofascism

In an age of climate crisis and political confusion, ecology seems to offer clear answers to urgent questions about the current global predicament. Yet ecology has always been politically ambivalent. Environmental ideals appeal to radicals and reactionaries alike; ecological concerns can align with both the left and the right, including the extreme right. In Ecology Contested, Peter Staudenmaier examines the complex and conflicting politics of environmentalism with a critical eye, offering challenging perspectives on the historical, philosophical, and political dimensions of ecological engagement in a troubled world.

Environmental Politics Between Left and Right

Ecology Contested

Are ecological ideas always progressive? What is the historical relationship between ecology and the far-right? This book traces the surprising background of far-right environmentalism, and offers an essential discussion on the contemporary significance and dangerous implications of the ecofascist legacy-in Germany and elsewhere.

Ecofascism Revisited

Peter Staudenmaier’s study Between Occultism and Nazism examines the controversial history of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophist movement in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy as a case study in the political significance of esoteric and alternative spiritual groups.

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