A New Monasticism?

“In this place, generations of praying people have followed one another, forming a monastic breeding ground on which a new resurgence of the old Benedictine trunk will grow: more than 1,150 years of monastic presence link us to a great tradition, thus renewing a chain of prayer.” pic.twitter.com/ek5eLJpVME

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 19, 2021

A Pistol Duel in 1896 France

Pistol duel between two men in France 🇫🇷 1896pic.twitter.com/Udeb3IeyWy

— Traditionalism revival (@trad_revival) June 30, 2021

St. John of Arc

Are you interested in Saint Joan of Arc's influence and legacy?

Watch the recording of our event here: https://t.co/vYMaAU08UG

This presentation was given by IHE Fellow Dr. Nora Heimann and Dr. Jennifer Paxton.

This event was cosponsored by @CatholicHonors pic.twitter.com/5OU6CCG4Kx

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) May 30, 2021

Not Wrong

As what one thinks of the monolithic French identity is the product of centuries-old nationalization by a few, and even know distinct identities and cultures still exist within France. But the source of this makes it suspect. Would he apply this to the modern state of Israel?

You can’t define France by its ethnicity, by its religion or by its geography. https://t.co/CuO2tSToeh

— Gérard Araud (@GerardAraud) May 29, 2021

Disgusting

Michel Foucault, intellectual godfather of “woke” ideology, was a pedophile rapist: https://t.co/atUH7DlAiu

— John Durant (@johndurant) March 28, 2021

"The French media already knew about Foucault's behaviour. 'There were journalists present on that trip, there were many witnesses, but nobody did stories like that in those days. Foucault was the philosopher king. He’s like our god in France'." https://t.co/IOKcEBiQuZ

— Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) March 28, 2021

Marion Maréchal

RELIGION, BIEN COMMUN ET IMMIGRATION : MARION MARÉCHAL SUR FRANCE INFO TV

'Allo 'Allo!

Someone is aware of using someone photogenic to market their ideas.

The French state is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It has now decided to "dissolve" the Identitarian group of French patriots. https://t.co/DOc19E1aVL

— Mark Richardson (@MarkRichardson2) February 16, 2021

Why I'm not conservative, don't identify as conservative, loathe conservatism, and want to pull the pillars of conservatism down.

Good stuff from @helenviveleroi https://t.co/NWBy1IPtv5 pic.twitter.com/3LAYymQCse

— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) February 17, 2021

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem acknowledges working for the CIA. https://t.co/iredm6uOs4

— James Perloff (@jamesperloff) February 17, 2021

The Monarchists Care

Even if they too are statists, though unwittingly.

Yesterday was the day Louis XVI. was guillotined in 1793, and if you have never read his *incredible* testament you should now. It's all in there for Catholics - courtsey @Ballerina_KC https://t.co/omNoLpJirF

— Eduard Habsburg (@EduardHabsburg) January 22, 2021

French Feminism

The French are very nobly fighting our common enemy largely by themselves https://t.co/3ZRtdfZ6qw

— Phillip Blond (@Phillip_Blond) January 3, 2021

A Parisian Matriarchy

Ah yes, 'gender parity.' In 2013, Parisian feminists pretended to care about equality. By 2020, they've already dropped that mask, gleefully admitting their female supremacism. Perhaps the Paris mayor would pay attention if the fine came out of her salary?https://t.co/o74WmkuOEq

— Janice Fiamengo (@JaniceFiamengo) December 16, 2020

Speak for yourself. The West wasn't founded upon liberalism.

But of course the IDW liberal doubles down on... liberalism.

This is something *everybody* in the West should agree about. We don't apologize for the values of the Enlightenment. We are proud of them. And we're open and welcoming if you accept and abide by those values too. https://t.co/qP42CncP2e

— Bo Winegard (@EPoe187) November 1, 2020

Even though his brother recognizes the truth about diversity:

I don't think the woke realize how difficult it is to sustain liberal pluralism in a heterogenous, multiethnic society. To do so requires high levels of trust, a sense of shared fate, and soft nationalism.

Instead, wokeism has increased the salience of subnational identity. pic.twitter.com/gFNk6vnD7o

— Ben Winegard 🌲🌲 (@BenWinegard) October 31, 2020

Two Responses

Doing good includes the pursuit of justice, especially a proper punishment, and security of the French people, and closing their borders. But probably not according to Jorge Bergoglio.

I am close to the Catholic community of #Nice, mourning the attack that sowed death in a place of prayer and consolation. I pray for the victims, for their families and for the beloved French people, that they may respond to evil with good.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 29, 2020

L’islamisme est un fanatisme monstrueux qui doit être combattu avec force et détermination. Il n’arrêtera pas sa guerre. Nous africains le savons hélas trop bien. Les barbares sont toujours les ennemis de la paix. L’Occident, aujourd’hui la France, doit le comprendre. Prions. +RS

— Cardinal R. Sarah (@Card_R_Sarah) October 29, 2020

Marion Maréchal face à Jean-Jacques Bourdin en direct

En Français

Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans

"A unique element of Whatmore’s book is how it manages to put the actions of small men in conversation with the larger philosophical and political themes that define our ages." - @NayeliLRiano for @ubookman https://t.co/zcxoQfMspr pic.twitter.com/AeXwrIUiVN

— Russell Kirk Center (@KirkCenter) August 24, 2020

Princeton U. Press

Jacobinism

JACOBINISM
Friends, in French Jacobinisms maps exactly to my nightmare: a centralized nation-state w/IYIs running it, coupled with a monolithic national identity (anti-localism, anti-minorities, anti-multiculturalism).
What would be the corresponding English term? pic.twitter.com/0hnG3ijKvZ

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) August 13, 2020

However, the lamentable nationalist trends did not start with the Jacobins, even if the French Revolution further consolidated state power.

As for "anti-minorities," I am not sure what Taleb means by this.

Metropolitan of France visited Bussy-en-Othe

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France visited the Holy Monastery of Our Lady of all Protection in Bussy-en-Othe#orthodox_times https://t.co/NGNHACMOYL

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) August 3, 2020

Apostles of Empire

Congratulations! Dr. McShea gave a lecture on "Apostles of Empire" for the Thomistic Institute at Harvard University in 2019. Listen here: https://t.co/PwuIehYP4z https://t.co/dxDQZ5phvS

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) July 3, 2020

France Before 1789

As if Elster's new book, *France before 1789,* isn't enticing enough, look at the teaser that comes with it.

(https://t.co/u9ww5Pd33f) pic.twitter.com/ywnFdCUjFo

— Connor Ewing (@ConnorMEwing) June 17, 2020

Princeton University Press