Emmanuel Casajus, who had already published a work on identitarians in2014, deepens sociological knowledge on far-right groups with this workessentially centered on his observations made within Action Françaiseand other studies on other currents, but also interviews conducted withanti-fascist activists. ---- Sociological work on far-right groups,observed from the inside, is rare enough in French to recognize theimportance of this work. ---- This involves seeking to understand the"process of constructing the image (or imagination) of the extremeright" within the framework of militant commitment, within arelationship between power and violence. Between collage with fantasizedimages, of the crusader, the templar, the viking - but also of theliterary dandy, an image equally valued among Action Française activistsmainly from the upper middle class - when taking action there is a stepwhich according to the author is rarely taken.The scientific bias of putting into the background the politicalanalysis which motivates these young activists and of analyzing theirsocial practices within the framework of youthful sociability tends toplay down the way we can look at them.However, the author, recognizing the limits of his work to the groupstudied and at the time of this study, questions the strong diffusion ofthese imaginaries in other radical groups more inclined to violence, orwithin professional fields particularly sensitive, the army and the police.A sociological work not necessarily very accessible but which adds itsstone, alongside journalistic investigations or activist monitoring, tothe knowledge, from the inside, of a movement more than a century oldand which continues to exercise a significant influence on the Frenchextreme right.David (UCL Savoies)Emmanuel Casajus, Style and violence in the radical far right, Éditionsdu Cerf, June 2023, 296 pages, 24 euros.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Emmanuel-Casajus-Style-et-violence-dans-l-extreme-droite-radicale_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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