Christian Bouchet
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Christian Bouchet is a French
far right
journalist and politician. An exponent of the Third Position
, with sympathies to National Bolshevism
.
Coming from a far right family with monarchist and Organisation de l'armée secrète links, Bouchet served the Organization lutte de peuple and the Groupes nationalistes révolutionnaires before reading Julius Evola
and discovering the concepts of tantra
and Shaivism
.
After a spell in the Troisième Voie he set up Nouvelle Résistance
in 1991 whilst also refounding the European Liberation Front
. This group was absorbed by Unité Radicale
in 1998. He has since gone on to lead the study group Réseau Radical
which emphasised anti-Zionism
. In recent years Bouchet has advocated a closer link between nationalist groups and Islam
. He has also led the 'radical' tendency within the National Republican Movement
and has sat on its national council. He is now a branch leader of the french Front National.
He had published journal like Lutte de Peuple and now Résistance which focused on leftist nationalist and anti-Zionism themes. He owns some publishing house which publish volumes of Devi, Jean-François Thiriart
, Francis Parker Yockey
, Gabriele d'Annunzio
, Alexandre Douguine and others.
In the original edition of his book Hitler's Priestess
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke wrote that Bouchet has been associated with Nazi mysticism
and that, whilst spending a year in India
, he met with Savitri Devi to study Kali Yuga
and her ideas about Adolf Hitler
as an Avatar
. These claims did not however appear in the French language
edition of the same work. In the postscript to the book Le national-socialisme et la tradition indienne Bouchet claimed that Goodrick-Clarkes's allegations were fake, stating that he had met Savitri Devi only once and considered her to be a crank
, adding that he has no personal interest in Nazi mysticism.
Christian Bouchet has done a PhD in anthropology in the University Paris Diderot about Aleister Crowley
and wrote a lot of books about the extremist engagement in politics and religion.
France
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far right
Far right
Far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...
journalist and politician. An exponent of the Third Position
Third Position
Third Position is a revolutionary nationalist political ideology that emphasizes its opposition to both communism and capitalism. Advocates of Third Position politics typically present themselves as "beyond left and right", instead claiming to syncretize radical ideas from both ends of the...
, with sympathies to National Bolshevism
National Bolshevism
National Bolshevism is a political movement that claims to combine elements of nationalism and Bolshevism. It is often anti-capitalist in tone, and sympathetic towards certain nationalist forms of communism and socialism...
.
Coming from a far right family with monarchist and Organisation de l'armée secrète links, Bouchet served the Organization lutte de peuple and the Groupes nationalistes révolutionnaires before reading Julius Evola
Julius Evola
Barone Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola also known as Julius Evola, was an Italian philosopher and esotericist...
and discovering the concepts of tantra
Tantra
Tantra , anglicised tantricism or tantrism or tantram, is the name scholars give to an inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, expressed in scriptures ....
and Shaivism
Shaivism
Shaivism is one of the four major sects of Hinduism, the others being Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism. Followers of Shaivism, called "Shaivas," and also "Saivas" or "Saivites," revere Shiva as the Supreme Being. Shaivas believe that Shiva is All and in all, the creator, preserver, destroyer,...
.
After a spell in the Troisième Voie he set up Nouvelle Résistance
Nouvelle Résistance
Nouvelle Résistance was a French far right group created in August 1991 by Christian Bouchet as an offshoot of Troisième Voie , which was headed by Bouchet. Dissolved in 1997, NR described themselves as "national revolutionary" and part of the National Bolshevism and Third Position movement...
in 1991 whilst also refounding the European Liberation Front
European Liberation Front
The European Liberation Front was a small neo-fascist group that split from Oswald Mosley's British Union Movement in 1948. Its founder and ideological inspiration was Francis Parker Yockey. In 1949 they issued a manifesto titled The Proclamation of London, written by Yockey...
. This group was absorbed by Unité Radicale
Unité Radicale
Unité Radicale was a French far-right political group close to the Third Position and National Bolshevism thesis. It was founded in June 1998 from the merger of Groupe Union Défense and Nouvelle Résistance/Jeune Résistance/Union des Cercles Résistance, issued from Nouvelle Résistance, and dissolved...
in 1998. He has since gone on to lead the study group Réseau Radical
Réseau Radical
Radical Network was a French far right study group formed in June 2002, with a number of its early members coming from those who split from Unité Radicale that April, notably Christian Bouchet, Luc Bignot and Giorgio Damiani....
which emphasised anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionistic views or opposition to the state of Israel. The term is used to describe various religious, moral and political points of view in opposition to these, but their diversity of motivation and expression is sufficiently different that "anti-Zionism" cannot be...
. In recent years Bouchet has advocated a closer link between nationalist groups and Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. He has also led the 'radical' tendency within the National Republican Movement
National Republican Movement
The National Republican Movement is a French nationalist political party, created by Bruno Mégret with former Club de l'Horloge alumni, Yvan Blot and Jean-Yves Le Gallou, as a split from Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front on January 24, 1999.Although political observers have considered the MNR to...
and has sat on its national council. He is now a branch leader of the french Front National.
He had published journal like Lutte de Peuple and now Résistance which focused on leftist nationalist and anti-Zionism themes. He owns some publishing house which publish volumes of Devi, Jean-François Thiriart
Jean-François Thiriart
Jean-François Thiriart was a Belgian far right politician.-Youth:Initially a Socialist, Thiriart eventually adopted a form of non-Marxist, Nationalist Socialism....
, Francis Parker Yockey
Francis Parker Yockey
Francis Parker Yockey was an American political thinker and polemicist best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics, published under the pen name Ulick Varange in 1948. This 600-page book argues for a culture-based, totalitarian path for the...
, Gabriele d'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio or d'Annunzio was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, and dramatist...
, Alexandre Douguine and others.
In the original edition of his book Hitler's Priestess
Hitler's Priestess
Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth and Neo-Nazism is a book by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. It is a biography of Savitri Devi....
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke wrote that Bouchet has been associated with Nazi mysticism
Nazi mysticism
Speculation about Nazism and occultism has become part of popular culture since 1959. Aside from several popular documentaries, there are numerous books on the topic, most notably The Morning of the Magicians and The Spear of Destiny ....
and that, whilst spending a year in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, he met with Savitri Devi to study Kali Yuga
Kali Yuga
Kali Yuga is the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas described in the Indian scriptures. The other ages are Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga...
and her ideas about Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
as an Avatar
Avatar
In Hinduism, an avatar is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation"....
. These claims did not however appear in the French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
edition of the same work. In the postscript to the book Le national-socialisme et la tradition indienne Bouchet claimed that Goodrick-Clarkes's allegations were fake, stating that he had met Savitri Devi only once and considered her to be a crank
Crank (person)
"Crank" is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false. A "cranky" belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous...
, adding that he has no personal interest in Nazi mysticism.
Christian Bouchet has done a PhD in anthropology in the University Paris Diderot about Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...
and wrote a lot of books about the extremist engagement in politics and religion.