Vol. 17 No. 33 (2026): Precarious dwelling. Everyday practices, caring relations, and meaning-making processes
Special Issue: Climate Change and Far-right Politics: Between Adoption and Adaptation

Ecofascism’s Dual Legacy: Local Revolts and Imperial Dreams in Italy

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  • Nicola Guerra
Nicola Guerra
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/smp-17050

Published 2026-08-04

Keywords

  • ecofascism,
  • far-right environmentalism,
  • Italian far right,
  • environmentalism

How to Cite

Guerra, N. (2026). Ecofascism’s Dual Legacy: Local Revolts and Imperial Dreams in Italy. SocietàMutamentoPolitica, 17(33), 183–199. https://doi.org/10.36253/smp-17050

Copyright (c) 2026 Nicola Guerra

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Abstract

This study analyzes the ideological and political frameworks of three Italian radical ecofascist movements: the National Anarchists (N-As), the Alliance of Italian Anarchist Nationalists (ANAI), and National Resistance - National Autonomists (NR-NA). Employing a multi-methodological approach, with a particular emphasis on inductive qualitative thematic analysis, the research reconstructs the ideological foundations of these movements, focusing on the pivotal role of nature within their doctrines. These groups are identified not merely as far-right environmentalists, but as genuine ecofascists, who elevate natural laws above human legislation, drawing on an organicist worldview rooted in nature. The study reveals their rejection of nationalism and the nation-state, which they perceive as tools of capitalism, and underscores their distinctly anti-liberal political eclecticism, which is explored in its various dimensions.

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