Madison Grant was an American lawyer, zoologist, anthropologist, and writer known for his work as a conservationist, eugenicist, and as an advocate of scientific racism. Grant is less noted for his fa
Grant in the early 1920s
Ota Benga was exhibited in the Monkey House of the Bronx Zoo, New York, in 1906.
Title page of Grant's book The Passing of the Great Race (1916)
Ecofascism, sometimes spelled eco-fascism, is a term used to describe individuals and groups which combine environmentalism with fascism. In older literature, eco-fascism was viewed as a hypothetical
Madison Grant
…cited by far-right figures such as Richard Spencer and the Norwegian mass shooter Anders Breivik. Grant has also been a fundamental forerunner to later ecofascism, being described as the "founding father" of ecofascism. The Caribou. New York: Office of the New York Zoological Society, 1902…
Savitri Devi's avowed Nazism, combined with her advocacy of animal rights and vegetarianism, has made her a figure of interest to ecofascists.
Ted Kaczynski AKA "The Unabomber" in a mug shot taken shortly after his arrest in April 1996
Pentti Linkola's advocacy of "Lifeboat Ethics" is cited by commentators as an example of ecofascism.