The Developing of the Radical Rights in France

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. 1887–1914: La Belle Epoque - Origins and Evolution of Nationalism and Prefascism?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Socialism and Boulangism, 1887–89

      • Michel Winock

      Pages 3-15

   3. Anti-Semitic Discourse in Dreyfus-Affair France

      • Jeremy Jennings

      Pages 16-32

   4. The Right Wing and the Working Classes: the Case of the ‘syndicats “jaunes”‘(1899–1912).*

      • Edward J. Arnold

      Pages 33-68

   5. Elusive Fascism: Reflections on the French Extreme Right at the End of the Nineteenth Century

      • Christophe Prochasson

      Pages 69-79

3. 1914–40: the Interwar Years

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. A Flirt or a Love Affair? French Intellectuals between Fascism and Nazism

      • Shlomo Sand

      Pages 83-99

   3. The Croix de Feu and Fascism: a Foreign Thesis Obstinately Maintained

      • Kevin Passmore

      Pages 100-118

   4. The Intellectual Extreme Right in the Thirties

      • Jeannine Verdès-Leroux

      Pages 119-132

4. 1940–44 : In the Breach

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. The Ideology of the National Revolution

      • Philippe Burrin

      Pages 135-152

   3. Vichy and Fascism

      • Julian Jackson

      Pages 153-171

   4. Collaborationist Fascism

      • Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia

      Pages 172-192

5. 1944–98: Smouldering Ashes?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Nostalgia and Political Impotence: Neo-Nazi and Extreme Right Movements in France, 1944–64

      • Jean–Yves Camus

      Pages 195-216

   3. Plus ça change! The Fascist Pedigree of the Nouvelle Droite

      • Roger Griffin

      Pages 217-252

   4. The Conditions for the Re-emergence of an Extreme Right Wing in France: the National Front, 1984–98

      • Pascal Perrineau

      Pages 253-270

6. Back Matter

   Pages 271-288

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This book traces the origins and evolution of extreme-right wing thought in France from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. It establishes the presence of an ideological tradition or organicist, exclusive nationalism initiated at the end of the nineteenth century, which adapts itself to the post-First World War and re-emerges forcibly during the Occupation. Elements of this same tradition are present in the modern discourse of the extreme right in post-war France. This helps the student of modern French politics to see movements like the Front National in their historical perspective.

• ideology
• politics
• socialism

'[these essays] provide a valuable range of perspectives on a deeply troubling, if engrossing, subject.' - Sean Kennedy, Canadian Journal of History

• French Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

  Edward J. Arnold

PHILIPPE BURRIN Professor, History of International Relations, International University, Geneve, Switzerland JEAN-YVES CAMUS Researcher, CNRS, and the European Centre for Research and Action on Racism and Anti-Semitism, Paris ARIANE CHEBEL d'APPOLLONIA Institut d' études politiques de Paris, France ROGER GRIFFIN Professor in History, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom JULIAN JACKSON Senior Lecturer in History, University of Wales, Swansea JEREMY JENNINGS Professor in Political Science, University of Birmingham KEVIN PASSMORE Lecturer in History, University of Wales, Cardiff PASCAL PERRINEAU Professor on Political Science, Institut d' études politiques de Paris, France CHRISTOPHE PROCHASSON Political Science Department, Institut d' études politiques de Paris, France SHOLMO SAND Professor of History, Tel-Aviv University JEANNINE VERDES-LEROUX Director of Research, CNRS, France MICHEL WINOCK Professor in Contemporary History, Institut d' études politiques de Paris, France

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