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(en) France, UCL AL #333 - Culture, Read: François: "A vanguard of the extreme right. Counter-culture, radical conservatism and modernist temptations» (ca, de, it, fr, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:56:39 +0200
The work of Stéphane François, let us say it from the outset, is disconcerting,
and will appear as a UFO in French-speaking literature on the subject. The
author, historian of ideas, works to dissect the cultural productions of the far
right. ---- His thesis, brilliantly defended elsewhere, is that there are
far-right countercultures, which he prefers to call subcultures, and that these
are even particularly rich. ---- Far from being limited to racism and violence,
far-right ideology, or rather far-right ideologies, because they are plural,
constitute fertile ideologies and are crossed by little-known debates not only of
the general public, but also, for a very large part, of those who, on a daily
basis, are part of the anti-fascist struggle.
The question of the attraction of the extreme right for esotericism, an area
ignored if there is any work in political science, constitutes an important part
of the work. Through the figures of René Guénon and Julius Evola, and their
influences on many far-right "thinkers", we are given to see and understand the
circulation of ideas at the international level in brown sauce. This is indeed
one of the points particularly developed in the book: the transnational
dissemination and circulation of ideas.
In addition to esotericism, questions of complex relationships, depending on the
chapels, with religions and Freemasonry, and the fascination with idealized past
times, the Middle Ages and the Viking myth are evoked.
The last two chapters are devoted to the study of an online bookstore and to
attempts by the extreme right to enter certain so-called extreme musical scenes.
The study of these far-right counter-cultures is essential not only to understand
the people we are fighting but also, in view of the growing success of these
ideas - which it would be too easy to make believe that they are only the fruit
of authoritarian neoliberal policies - to better understand what constitutes
these ideologies. In this, the work of Stéphane François is a precious tool.
David (UCL Chambery)
Stéphane François, A far-right avant-garde. Counter-culture, radical conservatism
and modernist temptations, La Lanterne, 2022, 160 pages, 17 euros
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Francois-Une-avant-garde-d-extreme-droite-Contre-culture-conservatisme
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