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Mussolini's Nature: An Environmental History of Italian Fascism Marco Armiero
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Mussolini's Nature: An Environmental History of Italian Fascism
Marco Armiero
This exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolinis fascist regime invites readers to consider the ecological connections of all political projects.
We might think we see a mountain while it was a war; a forest can actually be an engine; a monument to workers might reflect the violence of a colonial empire.extracted from Mussolinis Nature
In this first environmental history of Italian fascism, Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg reveal that nature and fascist rhetoric are inextricable. Mussolinis Nature explores fascist political ecologies, or rather the practices and narratives through which the regime constructed imaginary and material ecologies functional to its political project. The book does not pursue the ghost of a green Mussolini by counting how many national parks were created during the regime or how many trees planted. Instead, the reader is trained to recognize fascist political ecology in Mussolinis speeches, reclaimed landscapes, policies of economic self-sufficiency, propaganda documentaries, reforested areas, and in the environmental transformation of its colonial holdings.
The authors conclude with an examination of the role of fascist landscapes in the countrys postwar reconstruction: Mussolinis nature is still visible today through plaques, monuments, toponomy, and the shapes of landscapes. This original, and surprisingly intimate, environmental history is not merely a chronicle of conservation in fascist Italy but also an invitation to consider the socioecological connections of all political projects.
208 pages, 5 black and white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 13, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9780262544719 |
| Publishers | MIT Press Ltd |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 133 × 203 × 41 mm · 252 g |
| Language | English |
