Louis Darquier before Darquier de Pellepoix: Biographical Lessons from a 1931 Unpublished Manuscript
Joly, Laurent
Louis Darquier before Darquier de Pellepoix: Biographical Lessons from a 1931 Unpublished Manuscript - 2008.
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Little was known about the life of Darquier de Pellepoix before he stormed into his anti-Semitic career in 1936. One unpublished manuscript that he had written in 1931 sheds light on the characteristics of a man who at the time was known only as the drifting son of a notable and an immature nationalist who did not care about anti-Semitism. Looking for the Lost France - this is the title of this novel with a philosophical message - reveals a rebellious young man who denies his bourgeois, republican and rationalist education; who dreams of adventure and a glorious destiny. Miserably exiled in England, Darquier elaborates the basic points of his political beliefs, his respect for hierarchy and tradition, and his craving for power. A narcissistic confession, haunted by a decadence which reminds us of the typical profile of the “young French fascist,” as can be read about in the writings of Brasillach or Drieu La Rochelle.
Louis Darquier before Darquier de Pellepoix: Biographical Lessons from a 1931 Unpublished Manuscript - 2008.
3
Little was known about the life of Darquier de Pellepoix before he stormed into his anti-Semitic career in 1936. One unpublished manuscript that he had written in 1931 sheds light on the characteristics of a man who at the time was known only as the drifting son of a notable and an immature nationalist who did not care about anti-Semitism. Looking for the Lost France - this is the title of this novel with a philosophical message - reveals a rebellious young man who denies his bourgeois, republican and rationalist education; who dreams of adventure and a glorious destiny. Miserably exiled in England, Darquier elaborates the basic points of his political beliefs, his respect for hierarchy and tradition, and his craving for power. A narcissistic confession, haunted by a decadence which reminds us of the typical profile of the “young French fascist,” as can be read about in the writings of Brasillach or Drieu La Rochelle.
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