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Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia, exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change.
List of contents
1. The far right and the environment in Australia 2. A heated Australian landscape: histories of environmental politics on the far right 3. Ecofascism online: Australian far-right actors' use of environmental politics on cross-national media 4. Newsmaking on the environment: climate change resignation and denial in the Australian media 5. New catastrophism and the environment-security-development nexus: programming and advocacy during the climate crisis 6. Far-right (anti-)environmentalism in the post-truth era: global networks and future directions
About the author
Imogen Richards is a criminology lecturer at Deakin University, Australia, where she also researches comparative forms of political violence. Her first book explored the propaganda and financial practices of neo-jihadist organisations, and her second book (with Routledge) examined the public scholarly practices of criminologists.
Gearóid Brinn is a PhD candidate and teaches political theory at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on political radicalism, especially anarchism, environmentalism, and realist political philosophy. His work has appeared in the
European Journal of Political Theory and
Environmental Politics.
Callum Jones is a researcher and PhD candidate at Monash University, Australia, whose research focuses on political extremism, particularly the networks and discursive strategies of radicalised groups and the violence they produce. His wider research focus extends to other ideological groups, including religious extremists and members of the Manosphere.
Summary
Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia, exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change.
