Christophe Guilluy (French pronunciation: ​[gilɥi], born October 14, 1964 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French geographer and author.

He is known for his theory on "peripheral France" (la France périphérique [fr]), which refers to mainly rural areas of France 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.[1]

He also theorised the reason for American support of Donald Trump by the existence of a peripheral America during an interview in the French magazine Le Point.[2]

Works

• Guilluy, Christophe (2013): Fractures françaises. Paris, Flammarion – Champs essais ISBN 978-2-0812-8961-1
• Guilluy, Christophe (2014): La France périphérique: Comment on a sacrifié les classes populaires. Paris, Flammarion ISBN 978-2-08-131257-9
• Guilluy, Christophe (2016): Le Crépuscule de la France d’en Haut. Paris, Flammarion, ISBN 978-2-0813-7534-5
• Guilluy, Christophe (2018): No Society. La fin de la classe moyenne occidentale. Paris, Flammarion, ISBN 978-2-0814-2271-1
• Guilluy, Christophe (2020): Le temps des gens ordinaires. Paris, Flammarion, ISBN 978-2-0815-1229-0

References

External links

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

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