Abstract

VELAZQUEZ CABALLERO, Diego Martín. From a Simple an Unhappy Identity to The French Suicide: Alain Finkielkraut Neo-reactionary thinking and Eric Zemmour. Tla-melaua [online]. 2018, vol.12, n.45, pp.53-72. ISSN 2594-0716.

The present study describes some works of the French polemicists Alain Finkielkraut and Eric Zemmour, two of main representatives of the neoreactionary thought in France. These intellectuals are critical of multiculturalism. They are pro supporters of the preservation of Western culture and the reject anything that does not assimilate the values of enlightened thought. Their position delegitimizes, postmodernity; they consider traditional structures as the reason for communal and individual values in Europe. In recent years, they have radicalized their invectives towards Muslims and immigrants in France due to terrorist attacks. Finkielkraut`s and Zemmour’s ideologies provide a perspective on how The French and European Right adopted the neo-reactionary way of thinking as fundamental. In order to arrive to the adequate interpretation of this writing it is important to establish that not all anti neoliberals are conservatives and this misinterpretation highlights the need to reflect on this way of thinking.

Keywords : Alternative right; neo-reactionary; conservatism; France; Islam.