Since the emergence of radical environmentalism, two major shifts in the cultural imaginary of the United States can be identified: shaped by 9/11 on the one hand, and the intensifying climate crisis on the other. Sarah Marak examines these shifts analyzing fictional representations in US-American literature and film from 1975 to 2023. Drawing on a range of texts from The Monkey Wrench Gang to How to Blow Up a Pipeline, she demonstrates how fictional portrayals of eco-activists oscillate between reaffirming dominant understandings of environmentalism as »ecoterrorism« and critically intervening in prevailing terrorism discourses that reassess radical activism.
2. Radical Environmentalism and the Cultural Imaginary of Terrorism No access Pages 31 - 75
3. “Are you an environmentalist or do you work for a living?” Representations of Radical Environmental Activism in the Late 20th Century No access Pages 77 - 122
4. Speculation and the Post‑9/11 Green Scare No access Pages 123 - 176
5. Histories of the Future: Climate Radicalism and Political Violence in the Anthropocene No access Pages 177 - 229
