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Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras ( / məˈræs /; French: [ʃaʁl moʁas]; 20 April 1868 – 16 November 1952) was a French author, politician, poet, and critic. He was an organizer and principal philosopher of Action Française, a political movement that is monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary.
Charles Maurras (born April 20, 1868, Martigues, France—died November 16, 1952, Tours) was a French writer and political theorist, a major intellectual influence in early 20th-century Europe whose “integral nationalism” anticipated some of the ideas of fascism.
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Charles Maurras, né le 20 avril 1868 à Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône) et mort le 16 novembre 1952 à Saint-Symphorien-lès-Tours (Indre-et-Loire), est un journaliste, essayiste, homme politique et poète français.
A review of the political thought and influence of the French traditionalist leader and Action FranCaise founder, who advocated order and stability against the French Revolution. The article examines his sources, his calls to violence, his election to the Academy, and his relevance to the present climate of French politics.
A French nationalist who opposed the French Revolution and the Third Republic, Maurras founded the Action Française and advocated integral nationalism and monarchy. He influenced the political polarization of the 1930s and supported Vichy during World War II.
Charles Marie Photius Maurras (1868-1952) was a French political writer and reactionary. Moving spirit and principal spokesman of Action Française, he was an antidemocrat, racist, monarchist, and worshiper of tradition and of the organic nation-state.
A conservative critic of the Revolution, Maurras argues that it was based on abstract and false ideas of freedom, equality, and fraternity. He contrasts the Revolution with the natural and rational order of society, the state, and the individual.
