Christophe Guilluy

Christophe Guilluy (born 14 October 1964 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French geographer and book-writer.

In France, Christophe Guilluy has got notability with his theory about la France périphérique (peripheral France). In his different books he stated that a great part of the political elite has lost contact to the popular classes mainly situated in rural France, which he defined as the France périphérique. Guilluy has also tried to explain the rise of the National Front in France. In the international Academia his work is currently unknown.^[1] Guilluy has also tried to explain the vote for Trump with the existence of a peripheral America in an interview in the French magazine Le Point.^[2]

Christophe Guilluy's Books & Publications

• Guilluy, Christophe (2013): Fractures françaises. Paris, Flammarion – Champs essais ISBN 978-2-0812-8961-1
• Guilluy, Christophe (2015): La France périphérique. Comment on a sacrifié les classes populaires. Paris, Flammarion –Champs Actuel, ISBN 978-2-0813-4751-9
• Guilluy, Christophe (2016): Le Crépuscule de la France d’en Haut. Paris, Flammarion, ISBN 978-2-0813-7534-5

Sources

• Short abstract & translation of the article in the French Wikipedia

Notes and references

External links

• Caldwell, Christopher (2017). "The French, Coming Apart". City Journal. Manhattan Institute for Policy Research  – commentary in English on Guilluy's work.