Rethinking the French New Right

Alternatives to Modernity

Tamir Bar-On

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Routledge
21 April 2016

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Series: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy

This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries.

This book explores the idea that revolutionaries do not necessarily need to come from the left, nor use arms in order to overturn liberal democracy. In the post-World War Two era, the extremists of the revolutionary right took three different paths: 1) parliamentary; 2) extra-parliamentary; and 3) metapolitical. The New Right (nouvelle droite – ND in France) took the metapolitical path, but that did not mean it abandoned its revolutionary desire to smash liberal democracy throughout Europe.

The book examines four interpretations of the New Right. These interpretations include the following: 1) The New Right as a fascist or quasi-fascist movement; 2) The New Right as a challenge to the traditional right-left dichotomy, which has structured European political debates for more than 200 years; 3) The New Right as an alternative modernist movement, which rejects liberal and socialist narratives of modernity; accepts the technical but not political or cultural effects of modernity; and longs for a pan-European political framework abolishing liberal multiculturalism and privileging ethnic dominance of so-called original Europeans; and 4) The New Right as a variant of political religion and conversionary processes. The book concludes by analysing the positions, cultural and political impact, and relationship to democracy of the New Right.

This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of racism, fascism, extremism, European politics, French politics and contemporary political theory.

By: Tamir Bar-On
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781138676251
ISBN 10: 113867625X
Series: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 21 April 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Tamir Bar-On is a Full Professor in the Department of International Relations and Humanities at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Campus Querétaro (Mexico). He is the author of Where Have All The Fascists Gone? (2007). Bar-On received his PhD from McGill University and previously taught political science at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Windsor, University of Toronto, and George Brown College.