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A para(t)oxic relationship between conservatives and climate. Analyzing climate denial in the frames of the Estonian Conservative People's Party EKRE and their embeddedness in toxic masculinity

Pedaja, Maris LU (2021) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20211
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. As research reveals, EKRE’s climate denialist attitudes are strongly embedded in toxic masculinity: EKRE’s authoritarian, anti-globalist, and anti-immigrant stance, merged with the glorification of rationality manifests in the portrayal of climate mitigation as an ‘economic suicide’ imposed by ‘green totalitarians’ with a threat to national security. EKRE’s... (More)
The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. As research reveals, EKRE’s climate denialist attitudes are strongly embedded in toxic masculinity: EKRE’s authoritarian, anti-globalist, and anti-immigrant stance, merged with the glorification of rationality manifests in the portrayal of climate mitigation as an ‘economic suicide’ imposed by ‘green totalitarians’ with a threat to national security. EKRE’s ‘hysteric’ climate frame signals that climate action is anti-masculine. By emphasizing nature protection over climate action and depoliticizing the climate conversation, the business-as-usual is justified while the urgent need for a political change remains unaddressed. To overcome climate denial in the far-right, challenging toxic masculinity should be the first crucial step. (Less)
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author
Pedaja, Maris LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
toxic masculinity, climate denial, far-right, intersectionality, sustainability science, Estonia
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2021:031
language
English
id
9048020
date added to LUP
2021-06-02 16:19:31
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2021-06-02 16:19:31
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  abstract     = {{The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. As research reveals, EKRE’s climate denialist attitudes are strongly embedded in toxic masculinity: EKRE’s authoritarian, anti-globalist, and anti-immigrant stance, merged with the glorification of rationality manifests in the portrayal of climate mitigation as an ‘economic suicide’ imposed by ‘green totalitarians’ with a threat to national security. EKRE’s ‘hysteric’ climate frame signals that climate action is anti-masculine. By emphasizing nature protection over climate action and depoliticizing the climate conversation, the business-as-usual is justified while the urgent need for a political change remains unaddressed. To overcome climate denial in the far-right, challenging toxic masculinity should be the first crucial step.}},
  author       = {{Pedaja, Maris}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{A para(t)oxic relationship between conservatives and climate. Analyzing climate denial in the frames of the Estonian Conservative People's Party EKRE and their embeddedness in toxic masculinity}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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