Eco-terrorism in fiction

Eco-terrorism has been featured in works of fiction.

The seminal work of fiction featuring eco-terrorism as a major focal point is Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, wherein a group of environmentalists disrupt various projects that are damaging to the environment. The novel inspired the Earth First! movement and directly influenced the Earth Liberation Front. The term "monkeywrenching", in the sense of sabotage, derives from the book.[1][2][3] The 1985 film Pale Rider, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, likewise frames eco-terrorism positively; in the film, the vigilante justice morality which is a common feature of the Western genre is applied to environmentally destructive mining practices.[4] In contrast, Michael Crichton's 2004 novel State of Fear portrays eco-terrorists—in this case a group of environmentalists who seek to raise awareness about anthropogenic global warming by creating extreme weather events—in a negative light.[3]

See also
  • Environmental issues in film and television

References
  1. Darlington, Joseph (2018). "Chapter 6 Environmentalists and Conservationists: Terrorising the Countryside". British Terrorist Novels of the 1970s. Springer. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-3-319-77896-9.
  2. Ziser, Michael (2011). "Terrists: Ecosabotage, the Militia Movement, and The Monkey Wrench Gang". Terrorism and Narrative Practice. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 201–218. ISBN 978-3-643-80082-4.
  3. Buell, Lawrence (2009). "What is Called Ecoterrorism" (PDF). Gramma: A Journal of Theory and Criticism: 155. ISSN 1106-1170.
  4. Murray, Robin L.; Heumann, Joseph K. (2009-01-08). "Chapter 7 Eco-Terrorism in Film: Pale Rider and the Revenge Cycle". Ecology and Popular Film: Cinema on the Edge. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7678-9.
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