ATHENA: Journal of Social Culture and Society
Vol. 4 No. 4 (2026): October 2026

The Transformation from Classical Nationalism to Green Nationalism

Abdullah Aydın (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration, Türkiye)
Filiz Kutluay Tutar (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Türkiye)
Abdallah Abukalloub (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Türkiye)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Sep 2026

Abstract

The climate crisis has created a context in which established nationalist categories are increasingly articulated through ecological concerns. This article examines how national identity, homeland/territory, sovereignty, national interest, development, security, citizenship, temporal horizons, and international relations are reconfigured in contemporary green-nationalist scholarship. Using theory-guided qualitative document analysis, this study draws on foundational nationalism scholarship and contemporary research on nationalism, environmentalism, and climate politics. The analysis identifies three substantive green-nationalist configurations—inclusive-civic, developmental-technological, and exclusionary-ecological—and distinguishes institutional forms, hybrid combinations, and symbolic greening as analytically distinct categories. The article argues that green nationalism should not be understood as the inevitable successor to classical nationalism but as a conditional ecological rearticulation of nationalist categories, shaped by identity structures, political institutions, economic and energy interests, climate vulnerability, and international pressures. By separating classification from ecological evaluation, the proposed framework provides a basis for comparing competing forms of green nationalism and for testing their emergence and consequences in future empirical research.

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athena

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Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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Athena: Journal of Social, Culture and Society is a peer-reviewed academic international journal that publishes original research on a wide range of topics related to social, cultural, and societal issues. Our goal is to provide a forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share their ...