The politics of counter-memory on the French extreme right

TitleThe politics of counter-memory on the French extreme right
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of PublicationSubmitted
AuthorsChristopher Flood
JournalJournal of European Studies
Volume35
Issue2
Pagination221-236
ISSN00472441
Abstract

Examines the forms, the modes of dissemination and some of the topics of revisionist historical writing in France's extreme right-wing subculture. Extreme right's definition of itself as guardian of the national interest in opposition to other ideological families which came to constitute the political mainstream; Communication of cultural memory within a particular social group in France; Importance of the process of counter-memory in the maintenance of the subculture.

DOI10.1177/0047244105051147