French debates on the colonial legacy rightly focus on the overseas territories and ‘Françafrique’, but overlook a domination within mainland France itself, rooted in a long-standing French alterophobia. Brittany illustrates this. Unlike the fictional ‘great replacement’, this real ‘great erasure’ remains almost entirely absent from French public debate.
The Great Erasure (2026) Read more
Under the pretext of open questioning, the ‘Celtic?’ exhibition, held at the Musée de Bretagne (Museum of Brittany) from 18 March 2022 to 4 December 2022, was in fact a French nationalist manipulation of minds.
‘Celtic?’ exhibition: from bias to post-truth? (2022) Read more
The exhibition ‘Celtic?’ at the Museum of Brittany in Rennes, although visually rich, constitutes, according to the author, ideological manipulation. It falsifies history in the service of a ‘banal’ French nationalism that seeks, in particular, to delegitimise otherness.
Ideological manipulation at the Museum of Brittany (2022) Read more
Despite his outward hostility towards nationalism, Emmanuel Macron made nationalist statements during his 2020 Covid addresses. An analysis of these addresses reveals the contradictions between his professed pro-European stance and his narrative strategies. This is a troubling examination of the president’s double-speak, which calls into question his true political convictions.
Macron: a Banal Nationalist? (2022) Read more
A disturbing ministerial note demonstrates that Diwan’s immersive method is three times more effective than traditional bilingual education, yet recommends its abolition. This strange contradiction reveals an irrational obstinacy against regional languages, which masks French nationalist motivations under fallacious pedagogical arguments.
Irrational obstinacy (2021) Read more
The ‘Rassemblement National’ is on the rise: does this mean that French nationalism is making a comeback? This common misconception masks a flaw in the analysis. For French nationalism has never disappeared; it has simply transformed. Alongside Marine Le Pen, other forms of nationalism have continued to thrive, on both the left and the right. Debunking a myth.
Is there a revival of French nationalism? (2021) Read more