The history of environmental Turanism in the Pannonian basin in the early twentieth century
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17250%2F25%3AA2603BJC" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17250/25:A2603BJC - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305748825001045" target="_blank" >https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305748825001045</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.09.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jhg.2025.09.001</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The history of environmental Turanism in the Pannonian basin in the early twentieth century
Original language description
AbstractThis study examines the rise and decline of Environmental Turanism as a counter-narrative to Western models of environmental modernization in interwar Hungary. Environmental Turanism emerged in the wake of the Treaty of Trianon (1920), which left deep social and political scars, and offered an alternative vision rooted in Eurasian cultural affinities and the steppe ecologies of the Pannonian Basin. It challenged the prevailing paradigm of large-scale landscape engineering—such as river regulation and land reclamation—which, despite their promise of development, often resulted in ecological degradation, including soil desiccation and vulnerability to drought. By blending romantic nationalism, traditional ecological knowledge, and holistic landscape science, Environmental Turanism articulated a symbiotic framework that resisted the dualism of humans versus nature dominant in Western discourse. Yet Environmental Turanism never established a firm institutional foothold in Hungary. After World War II, the onset of the Cold War socialist ideology in the Eastern Bloc left little room for alternative ecological frameworks, especially when linked to radical right-wing ideologies. The story of Environmental Turanism contributes to the better understanding of how political, social, and economic crises may contribute to the rise of environmental counter-narratives, which is a pressing issue in several contemporary societies globally.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60100 - History and Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
O - Projekt operacniho programu
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Historical Geography
ISSN
0305-7488
e-ISSN
1095-8614
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
December 2025
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
49-59
UT code for WoS article
001587138200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105016197038