The uses and abuses of 'secular religion': Jules Monnerot's path from communism to fascism

► Examines Monnerot's trajectory from surrealism and communism to Gaullist and fascist. ► Analyzes his role in the College of Sociology and its influence on his later ideas. ► Argues that his concept of 'secular religion' is key to his ideas. ► Contextualizes his thought in terms of postwar French history and the Cold War. ► Finds that 'fascism' is a meaningful term to describe Monnerot's postwar ideas.