Author profile: Alain Policar

Alain Policar is an associate professor of social sciences and holds a PhD in political science. He taught at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences in Limoges from 1988 to 2014. Since 2008, he has been an associate researcher at the Center for Political Research at Sciences Po (Cevipof). His research focuses on political liberalism, racism, cosmopolitanism, universalism, and anti-wokism. He is the author of numerous opinion pieces in the press (notably in Le Monde and Libération).

Review – The Wokisme Controversy

Alain Policar • Sep 12 2025 • Features

Campagne’s study offers a rich account of France’s wokisme debate through a Franco-American lens, though deeper analysis of anti-woke discourse meaning is lacking.

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