Antisémitisme d'État

[3] While Maurras's state antisemitism is often considered a secondary element of his work,[4] it played a significant role in Action française ideology.

However, historian Laurent Joly criticizes this methodology in his book Naissance de l'Action française, arguing that it focuses excessively on reading "printed and periodical sources" without proper context.

[13] Huguenin suggests that antisemitic discourse in France predated the founding of Action française and existed within nationalist and reactionary movements, as well as among socialists.

He highlights earlier instances of antisemitism on both the political left and right, citing figures like Voltaire, Karl Marx (in On the Jewish Question), Jean Jaurès, and Georges Clemenceau.

[14] Historian Michel Dreyfus points to works like Alphonse Toussenel's Les Juifs, rois de l'époque (1845) as foundational in linking Jews to stereotypes of banking and capitalism.