Alain de Benoist
Alain de Benoist | |
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 Alain de Benoist in 2012 | |
| Born | 11 December 1943 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Nouvelle Droite |
Notable ideas | Modernization and secularization of Christian values, repaganization of the West, pensée unique, Nouvelle Droite, ethnopluralism |
Alain de Benoist (born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, and David Barney,[1] is a French political thinker and journalist. He helped start the Nouvelle Droite (France's New Right) and leads the ethnic national group GRECE.
De Benoist, influenced by German Conservative Revolution thinkers,[2] rejects Christianity, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, neoliberalism, representative democracy, and equality. He believes these ideas are represented by the United States.[3] He developed the idea of ethnopluralism, which focuses on protecting and respecting different ethnic and cultural areas.[4][5]
His work has played a role in the alt-right movement in the U.S., and he gave a talk on identity at a National Policy Institute event organized by Richard B. Spencer; however, he has moved away from the movement.[6][7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Camus 2019, pp. 74–75.
- ↑ Bar-On 2016, p. 106.
- ↑ Bar-On 2011, p. 335.
- ↑ Bar-On 2001.
- ↑ McCulloch 2006.
- ↑ Kennedy, Dana (30 January 2017). "The French Ideologues Who Inspired the Alt-Right". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ Mohdin, Aamna (30 January 2018). "The alt-right are targeting disgruntled white male lefties to join their movement". Quartz. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
Bibliography
[change | change source]- Bar-On, Tamir (2001). "The Ambiguities of the Nouvelle Droite, 1968–1999". The European Legacy. 6 (3): 333–351. doi:10.1080/10848770120051349. S2CID 144359964 – via Taylor & Francis.
- Bar-On, Tamir (2011). "Intellectual Right - Wing Extremism – Alain de Benoist's Mazeway Resynthesis since 2000". In Backes, Uwe; Moreau, Patrick (eds.). The Extreme Right in Europe (1 ed.). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 333–358. doi:10.13109/9783666369223.333. ISBN 978-3-525-36922-7.
- Bar-On, Tamir (2016). Where Have All The Fascists Gone?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1351873130.
- Böhm, Michael (2008). Alain de Benoist und die Nouvelle Droite: ein Beitrag zur Ideengeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-1711-4.
- Camus, Jean-Yves (2019). "Alain de Benoist and the New Right". In Sedgwick, Mark (ed.). Key Thinkers of the Radical Right: Behind the New Threat to Liberal Democracy. Oxford University Press. pp. 73–90. ISBN 9780190877613.
- McCulloch, Tom (2006). "The Nouvelle Droite in the 1980s and 1990s: Ideology and Entryism, the Relationship with the Front National". French Politics. 4 (2): 158–178. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200099. ISSN 1476-3419. S2CID 144813395.