Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Views from the far‐right fringe in France (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11494739 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Friederike Delouis (0000-0002-8323-4333, Hertie School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 12-16 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2012.00911.x |
| OpenAlex | W2123924898 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
The current financial, economic, social, and political crisis is widely thought to benefit far‐right parties in many European states. The Front National party, a fixture in French politics for more than two decades, achieved its best result ever in the 2012 presidential elections. This article explores far‐right voters’ accounts of their political life‐stories, analyzing the factors that trigger people's “conversions” to the right, and examining the ways in which this increasing, yet diverse minority views French history, society, and politics. Far‐right supporters legitimize their political convictions and actions in different ways. Some believe that they are part of a “resistance movement”, others draw on what they believe to be sociological or anthropological insights. Many pretend to advocate Republican ideals such as equality and freedom. Democracy stands to gain from drawing this growing part of the population back into mainstream debate, and social scientists may have a role to play in this effort
Democracy · Extreme right · Far right · Mainstream · Media studies · New Right · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Presidential system · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |