Guillaume Faye’s legacy: the alt-right and Generation Identity

The alt-right, the different chapters of pan-European movement Generation Identity and rise so-called radical right populist parties in West have been responsible for renewed interest metapolitical project La Nouvelle Droite. In this attention, we see a strong focus on ideological impact school thought Alain de Benoist particular. This article adds new insights into 21st century legacy Droite by focusing uptake reproduction work GRECE’s number two Guillaume Faye. Whereas is usually seen as transnational messenger Droite, Faye has gained far less attention. presents digital ethnographic discourse analysis Faye’s his identitarian activists around world. It makes arguments. first one empirical, namely that should be assessed context contemporary activism identitarianism second argument theoretical stresses importance analysing role (digital) media distribution ideas ideologies.