New Culture, New Right

Posted on 01 March 2017 by Michael O'Meara

New Right, New Culture is the first English language study of the identitarian New Rights movements presently reshaping the contours of European politics The study s focus is Alain de Benoist s GRECE Groupement de Recherche et d Etude pour la Civilisation Europeenne and is designed as an introduction to the European New Right for an American audience. Read New Culture, New Right – kino-fada.fr An entertainingly written and well organized introduction to many of the prominent currents of the French New Right O Meara has done his research He includes an impressive array of citations and provides some subtly deep insights Considering that frustratingly few of the works associated with GRECE have been translated into English, this book is an absolutely essential resource for anglophone readers I feel comfortable recommending this to Americans of an identitarian or alt right orientat An entertainingly written and well organized introduction to many of the prominent currents of the French New Right O Meara has done his research He includes an impressive array of citations and provides some subtly deep insights Considering that frustratingly few of the works associated with GRECE have been translated into English, this book is an absolutely essential resource for anglophone readers I feel comfortable recommending this to Americans of an identitarian or alt right orientation who are not necessarily well versed in continental political philosophy I suspect even a leftist interested in understanding European politics might gain something from this book if they are able to approach it with an open mind O Meara s writing seems geared toward that sort of accessibility without sacrificing depth or rigor He concludes the book with some apt critiques of GRECE from an identitarian perspective, echoing Pi...I m done Negotiating the vast generalisations at the heart of this book was like crossing the Taklamakan with nothing but a bottle of Evian and a packet of crisps.I decided to borrow this book from the library to find outabout the right wing trend in European politics especially in the context of Trump winning the US presidency in 2016 Overall, despite the attempt to link the GRECE Groupement de Recherche et d Etude pour la Civilisation Europeenne to various philosophical trends, it seems to me the attempt is simply an effort to apply lipstick to a pig, as the saying goes The issue is European thinkers are outraged that Europe has lost influen I decided to borrow this book from the library to find outabout the right wing trend in European politics especially in the context of Trump winning the US presidency in 2016 Overall, despite the attempt to link the GRECE Groupement de Recherche et d Etude pour la Civilisation Europeenne to various philosophical trends, it seems to me the attempt is simply an effort to apply lipstick to a pig, as the saying goes The issue is European thinkers are outraged that Europe has lost influence since the war, and anti cosmopolitan, anti liberal, intolerant Europeans are outraged that people that don t look like them dare to immigrate to Europe along with the invasion of American inspired cultural trends, such as clothing, music styles and the popularity of Hollywood movies, which are popular worldwide anyway The entire outrage package is wrapped in a call for Europeans to reach ...This book is a fantastic introduction to identitarian ideology even if I disagree with most of the authors criticisms of GRECE as that segment are only five pages of the conclusions its still a five star book.Interesting Definitely food for thought and a clear look at what s going on with the New Right in Europe I had some issues with the way the material is presented, as well as the way the author occasionally quoted authors of literature in the way one might quote something from a book published by a university press, though I suppose that is in line with the ideas presented in this book, in terms of the strength and power of myth as a guiding influence in people s lives and the corrupted natur Interesting Definitely food for thought and a clear look at what s going on with the New Right in Europe I had some issues with the way the material is presented, as well as the way the author occasionally quoted authors of literature in the w...

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01 March 2017

Michael O'Meara