Radical Thought among the Young: A Survey of French Lycée Students

Olivier Galland is Senior Researcher at GEMASS (Sorbonne University and CNRS) in Paris, which he managed until 2018. His research focuses on youth, values and sociology of inequality. A recent publication is Sociologie des inégalités (Armand Colin, 2018), with Yannick Lemel. He is a participant of the European Values Study research group.Anne Muxel is Senior Researcher at CEVIPOF (CNRS/Sciences Po Paris). She specializes in the study of political and civic attitudes and behaviour and has worked for many years on the phenomena involved in building political and social identities. She currently works on the relationships between young people, politics and citizenship in France and beyond. Her recent publications are Politiquement jeune (Editions de l’Aube, 2018) and, with Bruno Cautrés, Histoire d’une révolution électorale (2015-2018) (Editions Classiques Garnier, 2019).

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionOlivier Galland and Anne MuxelPrologue: Field Work DiaryAlexandra Frénod1 Radicalism in QuestionOlivier Galland and Anne Muxel2 Religious Radicalism: from Absolutism to ViolenceOlivier Galland3 Students’ Reactions to the 2015 Paris AttacksJean-François Mignot4 Political Radicalism: between Protest and ViolenceAnne Muxel5 Deprivation, Discrimination and RadicalismLaurent Lardeux6 Conspiracy Theories and Informational RadicalismVincenzo Cicchelli and Sylvie OctobreAfterwordOlivier Galland and Anne MuxelAppendicesReferencesIndex