Alain Finkielkraut
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Alain Finkielkraut is a French philosopher previously of the left and now seen as a conservative.
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]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugh Schofield, France shaken up by Zemmour and 'new reactionaries', BBC News, 14 December 2014
