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According to the BBC journalist Hugh Schofield, Finkielkraut can be classed as a member of a group some have termed the 'neo-reactionnaires' (new reactionaries): 'a loose group of writers and thinkers' who represent a 'new intellectual force in France' challenging 'the disastrous post-1968 left-wing consensus' and seeking to 'shake up debate on issues like immigration, Islam and national identity'. Critics believe they are 'providing spurious philosophical cover for the extremism of the [[National Front]]'.<ref name="Beeb">Hugh Schofield, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30436692 France shaken up by Zemmour and 'new reactionaries'], BBC News, 14 December 2014</ref> | According to the BBC journalist Hugh Schofield, Finkielkraut can be classed as a member of a group some have termed the 'neo-reactionnaires' (new reactionaries): 'a loose group of writers and thinkers' who represent a 'new intellectual force in France' challenging 'the disastrous post-1968 left-wing consensus' and seeking to 'shake up debate on issues like immigration, Islam and national identity'. Critics believe they are 'providing spurious philosophical cover for the extremism of the [[National Front]]'.<ref name="Beeb">Hugh Schofield, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30436692 France shaken up by Zemmour and 'new reactionaries'], BBC News, 14 December 2014</ref> | ||
| − | Others deemed to be new reactionaries include writers [[Eric Zemmour]] and writer [[Renaud Camus | + | Others deemed to be new reactionaries include writers [[Eric Zemmour]] and writer [[Renaud Camus]].<ref name="Beeb"/> |
Schofield reports that Finkielkraut was 'nearly blackballed [in 2014] from the prestigious [[Academie Francaise]] because of his writings on national identity'.<ref name="Beeb"/> | Schofield reports that Finkielkraut was 'nearly blackballed [in 2014] from the prestigious [[Academie Francaise]] because of his writings on national identity'.<ref name="Beeb"/> | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 3 February 2015
Alain Finkielkraut is a French philosopher previously of the left and now seen as a conservative.
New Reactionaries
According to the BBC journalist Hugh Schofield, Finkielkraut can be classed as a member of a group some have termed the 'neo-reactionnaires' (new reactionaries): 'a loose group of writers and thinkers' who represent a 'new intellectual force in France' challenging 'the disastrous post-1968 left-wing consensus' and seeking to 'shake up debate on issues like immigration, Islam and national identity'. Critics believe they are 'providing spurious philosophical cover for the extremism of the National Front'.[1]
Others deemed to be new reactionaries include writers Eric Zemmour and writer Renaud Camus.[1]
Schofield reports that Finkielkraut was 'nearly blackballed [in 2014] from the prestigious Academie Francaise because of his writings on national identity'.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugh Schofield, France shaken up by Zemmour and 'new reactionaries', BBC News, 14 December 2014
