Mussolini's Nature

An Environmental History of Italian Fascism

Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, Wilko Graf von Hardenberg , James Sievert

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English

MIT Press
31 January 2023

Political science & theory

This exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime invites readers to consider the ecological connections of all political projects.

This exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini's 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 Mussolini's 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. Mussolini's 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 Mussolini's 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 country's postwar reconstruction- Mussolini's 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.

By: Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, Wilko Graf von Hardenberg
Translated by: James Sievert
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262544719
ISBN 10: 0262544717
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 31 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marco Armiero is ICREA Research Professor at the Institute for the History of Science, Universitat Aut noma de Barcelona, Spain, and ICREA - Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies. Roberta Biasillo is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Political History at Utrecht University. Wilko Graf von Hardenberg is Research Scholar and PI of the project ""The Sound of Nature- Soundscapes and Environmental Awareness, 1750-1950"" at Humboldt University in Berlin.