Christophe Guilluy (, born October 14, 1964 in

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) is a French

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and author. He is known for his theory on "peripheral France" ('), which refers to mainly rural areas of

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where many members of the political elite have lost contact with working-class people. He has used that theory to explain the rise of the far-right National Front in the country. He also theorised the reason for American support of

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by the existence of a peripheral America during an interview in the French magazine ''

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''.

Works

* *Guilluy, Christophe (2000): ''Atlas de fractures françaises''. Paris, Éditions L'Harmattan ISBN 978-2738493910 *Guilluy, Christophe (2004) ''Atlas des nouvelles fractures sociales en France''. Paris, Éditions Autrement, re-issued in 2006 ISBN 978-2746708228 *Guilluy, Christophe (2013): ''Fractures françaises''. Paris, Flammarion – Champs essais *Guilluy, Christophe (2009): ''L'Annuel des idées 2009''. Paris, Bourin Éditeur ISBN 978-2849411148 *Guilluy, Christophe (2011): ''Plaidoyer pour une gauche populaire''. Lormont, Éditions Le Bord de l'eau ISBN 978-2356871404 *Guilluy Christophe (2014): ''La France périphérique: Comment on a sacrifié les classes populaires''. Paris, Flammarion *Guilluy, Christophe (2016): ''Le Crépuscule de la France d’en Haut''. Paris, Flammarion, *Guilluy, Christophe (2018): ''No Society. La fin de la classe moyenne occidentale''. Paris, Flammarion, *Guilluy, Christophe (2020): ''Le temps des gens ordinaires''. Paris, Flammarion, *Guilluy, Christophe and Mokritzky, Sacha (2022) ''Dialogue périphérique''. Paris, Éditions du Zinc. ISBN 9782380740127 *Guilluy, Christophe (2022): ''Les dépossédés, L'instinct de survie des classes populaires''. Paris, Flammarion. ISBN 2080290134

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* – commentary in English on Guilluy's work. 1964 births Living people University of Paris alumni French geographers French male writers {{geographer-stub