"One can have a society without God,” writes Régis Debray, “but there cannot be a society without religion.” He adds, “Those nations on the way to di… - Alain de Benoist

"One can have a society without God,” writes Régis Debray, “but there cannot be a society without religion.” He adds, “Those nations on the way to disbelief are on the path to abdication.” One can also cite Georges Bataille, according to whom, “religion, whose essence is the search for lost intimacy, boils down to a clearly conscious effort to become entirely self-conscious.”

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About Alain de Benoist

Alain de Benoist (born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and multiple dozen other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite (France's New Right), and the leader of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE.

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Pen Names: Fabrice Laroche Martial Laurent Cédric de Gentissard Tanguy Gallien Frédéric Laurent Robert de Herte David Barney Pierre Dolabella Maxime Meyer Jean-Pierre Dujardin Frédéric Toulouze Jean-Louis Cartry Pierre Jacob Julien Valserre Pierre Carlet Jean-Pierre Hébert Maiastra Gilles Foumier Mortimer Davidson Fabrice Valclérieux Éric Saint-Léger Éric Lecendreux Éric Dumesnil Walter Aubrig Bastien O'Danieli
Alternative Names: G. Foumier Mortimer G. Davidson Alain Marie de Benoist

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