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person1979–2005

Samuel Francis

Disciplines:
usa
political theory
political philosophy/paleoconservatism
sociology/managerial class

Summary

American paleoconservative political theorist who wrote Leviathan and Its Enemies — extending Burnham's managerial revolution thesis to argue that the middle American working class faces permanent subjugation under an alliance of corporate and government managers — and who was fired from the Washington Times for his white nationalist views.

Core Contribution

Extended Burnham's managerial revolution analysis to race and culture — Francis argued that the managerial elite's ideological weapon against the middle American majority is cultural liberalism (multiculturalism, anti-racism), and that this elite-versus-populace conflict explains contemporary American politics better than conventional Left-Right categories.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • Anarcho-Tyranny (Francis's concept: the state simultaneously fails to enforce law against actual criminals and social disorder while increasingly regulating and controlling law-abiding middle-class citizens — it is anarchy for criminals and tyranny for the respectable; this explains why immigration law is unenforced while gun regulations multiply)

Notable Works & Achievements

Power and History

Beautiful Losers

Leviathan and Its Enemies

Historical Influences

Burnham Sorel Mosca and Pareto

Intellectual Lineage

Chattanooga TennesseeJohns Hopkins Senate staffWashington TimesChronicles

Contemporaries & Peers

Pat Buchanan Paul Gottfried

Minds Influenced

Paleoconservatism Alt-right History 102

Intellectual Posterity

Leviathan and Its Enemies Middle American radicalsAnarcho-tyrannyPaleoconservatism

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