The Ideology of Sameness by Alain De Benoist

Alain de Benoist is a key figure in the European 'New Right' movement, which began in France in 1968 with the founding of GRECE (Research and Study Group for European Civilization), a metapolitical school of thought. Although though he rejects the moniker 'New Right' for himself, considering himself as falling outside the normal Left/Right split, he remains its prominent representative to this day. He has fought for Europeans' right to keep their identity in the face of multiculturalism, and he has opposed immigration, preferring the preservation of national cultures to forced integration of immigrant populations. Benoist has been dogged by unfounded charges of radicalism throughout his career, but they have had no effect on his productivity or ambition. He has written hundreds of books and essays on immigration, religion, philosophy, and political theory, among other themes.

With his book Vu de droite (View from the Right), he got the Grand Prize de l'Essai from the Académie Française in 1978. He is also the editor-in-chief of the journals Nouvelle Ecole and Krisis, and his work has appeared in Mankind Quarterly, Telos, The Scorpion, The Occidental Quarterly, and Tyr, among other publications. He has had a huge impact on the intellectual and ideological understanding of the European political situation over the last four decades. His books The Crisis of Democracy (2011), Beyond Human Rights (2011), Manifesto for a European Renaissance (2012), Carl Schmitt Today (2013), and On the Edge of the Abyss (2015) were previously published by Arktos.

He continues to write, speak, and do interviews. He is based in Paris.