POLITICSMay 24 · 18:30 UTCLE MONDE (EN)

The post-May '68 Christian philosophy now being embraced by the American far right

Trump supporters who blame the 1968 French protests for cultural shifts now embrace a post-May '68 Christian philosophy influenced by René Girard at Stanford University. This ideological shift highlights a reorientation toward a different French intellectual tradition among the American far right.

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