Our Longest Memory.” Indo-European Paganism as the Foundation of the Ethnopolitics of the French “Identitarian Movement”
Our Longest Memory.” Indo-European Paganism as the Foundation of the Ethnopolitics of the French “Identitarian Movement”

Author(s): Stéphane François
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Sociology of Religion, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Indo-European; Paganism; Ethnopolitics; Identitarian Movementt; Druidism; Tengrism; Reactivations; Ancie; Spiritualities; Religions; Identity; Politics; Taaraism;
Summary/Abstract: The title’s Nietzschean phrase effectively sums up the “identitarian ideology”, which is frequently invoked by various groups. At the core of this ideology lies the issue of memory, which is fundamental to the concept of identity. In essence, the ideology demands that ethno-cultural groups safeguard their cultural, religious, and racial distinctiveness from mixing and homogenisation, a right to “identity.” Consequently, so-called identitarian groups seek the reconfiguration of Europe on ethnic, regionalist, federalist, and, on occasion, neo-pagan grounds. This is known as ethnopluralism. Furthermore, these groups repudiate the nationalism espoused by “classical” far-right parties. In this instance, our focus is on neopagan identitarian groups that emerge from the radical right.

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