Éléments (French pronunciation: [elemɑ̃] ) is a French bi-monthly magazine launched in September 1973 and associated with the Nouvelle Droite. It is published by the white nationalist thinktank GRECE.
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| Editor | Robert de Herte |
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| Categories | Idea magazine |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
| Website | revue-elements |
| ISSN | 1251-8441 |
History
editInitially serving as the internal bulletin of GRECE, an ethno-nationalist think tank led by Alain de Benoist, the magazine began its public circulation in September 1973 as the general public showcase of the organization.[1]: 180–181 [2] Michel Marmin became its first president, followed by Pierre Vial in 1983, then by Jean-Claude Bardet. In 1991, Charles Champetier, then aged 24, became the magazine's president.[1]
In 2017 the web television TV Libertés started to broadcast Le Plus d'Élements, a talk show hosted by Olivier François in collaboration with Éléments.[3][4]
Following the murder of Darya Dugina in August 2022, Éléments posted a tribute to Dugina which compared her to Salman Rushdie and also referred to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his country's invasion by Russia, as a "clown in a khaki t-shirt" (French: le clown au tee-shirt kaki).[5][6]
Audience
editIn the early 1990s, Éléments had around 5,000 subscribers, mainly from the well-educated elites, along with an audience of university students. A 1993 poll revealed that 35 per cent of the magazine's subscribers were politically close to the Front National.[7]
According to scholar Tamir Bar-On, "Éléments generally appeals to GRECE's younger, more militant audience. Éléments might also be more populist and nationalist than the more aristocratic Nouvelle École", another magazine launched by GRECE in 1968.[7]
Spin offs
editThere have been several editions of Éléments. The Russian version, Elementy, was launched by Aleksandr Dugin and was published between 1992 and 2000.[8] It also had an Italian version and a German version, Elementi and Elemente, respectively.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Taguieff, Pierre André (1994). Sur la Nouvelle Droite: jalons d'une analyse critique (in French). Descartes et Cie. ISBN 978-2-910301-02-6.
- ^ Milza, Pierre (2002). L'Europe en chemise noire: Les extrêmes droites européennes de 1945 à aujourd'hui. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-65106-4.
- ^ de Vitry, Alexandre (2018). Sous les pavés, la droite. Desclée De Brouwer. ISBN 978-2-220-09564-6.
- ^ François, Olivier (22 May 2017). "Le plus d'Éléments n°1 : La nouvelle émission de TV Libertés". Éléments (in French).
- ^ Eysseric, Pascal (21 August 2022). "Notre hommage à Darya Douguine". Éléments (in French).
- ^ Méheut, Constant (24 August 2022). "Daria Dugina built ties with the French far right". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ a b Bar-On, Tamir (2007). Where Have All the Fascists Gone?. Ashgate Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7546-7154-1.
- ^ Bar-On, Tamir (2012). "The French New Right's Quest for Alternative Modernity". Fascism. 1 (1): 20. doi:10.1163/221162512X631198.
- ^ Anton Shekhovtsov (July 2009). "Aleksandr Dugin's Neo-Eurasianism: The New Right à la Russe". Religion Compass. 3 (4): 697–716. doi:10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00158.x.