Paul M. Mazgaj
My research interests are centered on the political and intellectual history of twentieth-century France. I am particularly interested in the role of intellectuals in the political arena. Most of my research to date has focused on the intellectuals of the political right–conservatives, reactionaries, and fascists–and their impact on the French national identity.
**Current Projects: * Fascism, Immense and Red: The Cultural Politics of the French Young Right, 1930-1945 A book manuscript currently being reviewed for publication. It explores the odyssey of a group of talent young French intellectuals who, tempted by what they viewed as the success of the Italian and German “national revolutions,” worked to construct a distinctively French version of fascism. * “Beyond Maurrassian Nationalism: Thierry Maulnier’s Fascist engagement” An almost-completed article that explores the early flirtation with fascism of Thierry Maulnier, who became an important figure in the post-1945 cultural and intellectual world.