Healing the Open Wound of Ecofascism

Notes on Care in/from the Borderlands

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ID8068620
AuthorsCarlos A Tarin (0000-0002-5818-7942, Department of Communication, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume18
Issue1-2
Pages167-172
Publication date2023-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17524032.2023.2296837
OpenAlexW4390344559
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited10

This essay explores environmental care from a Borderlands perspective. Using the August 3, 2019 shooting in El Paso, TX as a focal point, I argue that recent eco-fascist violence is deeply connected to environmental nativism, coloniality, and white supremacy. In centering an ethic of care informed by Borderlands theory, I highlight how interconnectivity, ambiguity, and compassion are vital for confronting historic patterns of violence

Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Art · Compassion · Environmental ethics · Interconnectivity · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Psychological nativism · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Law · Philosophy

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