Gil Mihaely

Gil Mihaely co-founded with Elizabeth Levy the French magazine Causeur, reportedly to disseminate the views of the 'neo-reactionnaires' (New Reactionaries).

Views

New Reactionaries

The BBC's Hugh Schofield writes that Mihaely rejects being labelled as part of a new school of thought but quotes him as saying:

In the late 1970s we had what became known as the 'nouveaux philosophes' (new philosophers). These were people like Bernard Henri-Levy, who broke away from the Sartre-inspired establishment because they could see the reality of totalitarianism in China and Russia. They saw a new reality, and realised they had to change their thinking. The same is happening now. Today there are thinkers who can see today's new reality: the Arab world, our immigration neighbourhoods, Islam. And they realise they have to change their ideas.

Mihaely has also reportedly stated 'the big division today is over the nation state' and said that the magazine's position is that 'the nation is still the only framework in which politics has any meaning.'

Schofield has observed that the New Reactionaries 'stand accused, by expressing such strong views on Islam, identity and the nation, of promoting the cause of the far right.'

People

• Elizabeth Levy - co-founder

Affiliations

• Causeur - co-founder