Trending Schools of Thought in France this month
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: 6-7.
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19,465
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6-7
2025-2026 Internet meme
3,777
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stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
664
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anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
462
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Buddhism
Indian religion
429
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eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
427
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6
Angry Black Woman
a racial stereotype, mainly seen in American society and media, that portrays Black American women as inherently ill-mannered and ill-temper
405
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7
Enlightenment philosophy
philosophy during the Age of Enlightenment
405
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nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
377
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Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
368
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naturism
movement for social nudity
345
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humanism
philosophical school of thought
324
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esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
297
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13
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
295
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Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
292
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existentialism
philosophical and literary current
291
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Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
286
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Assumption of Mary
the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church
249
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Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
248
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Chinese astrology
Astrology based on Chinese astronomy
241
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anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
212
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Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
206
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Immaculate Conception of Mary
teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin
204
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phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
200
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24
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
199
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French Theory
philosophical movement, part of the post-structuralist movement
190
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Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
178
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atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
172
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Epicureanism
philosophical movement developed by Epicurus
169
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positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
169
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Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
168
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31
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
165
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32
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
160
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33
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
149
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Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
146
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35
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
145
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deism
belief in God without revelation
142
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Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
140
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Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
137
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sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
134
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40
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
132
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Ibadi Islam
It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
129
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Alevism
Ethno-religious group
129
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eudaemonism
belief in living 'the good life'
128
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dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
128
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utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
126
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materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
122
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Nestorianism
Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
120
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June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla
2025 humanitarian convoy
120
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49
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
120
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Situationist International
international organization of social revolutionaries
119
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51
Saint-Simonianism
French political, religious and social movement
119
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Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
118
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hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
116
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Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
115
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Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
114
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56
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
113
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57
skepticism
questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
112
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58
mercantilism
early economic theory
111
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homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
111
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60
Annales school
group of historians
106
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Orphism
set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world
104
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62
Groupe des Six
group of French composers
103
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63
White Rose
non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy profes
101
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64
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
100
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65
Thomism
philosophical school based on the work of Thomas Aquinas
100
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Malthusianism
social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply
99
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empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
99
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68
Gallicanism
the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the state's authority—over the Catholic Church is co
99
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69
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
98
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70
economic liberalism
political and economic ideology
96
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Neoplatonism
strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD
95
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accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
95
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Advaita Vedanta
school of Hindu philosophy; a classic path to spiritual realization
92
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74
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
91
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millennialism
kind of religious belief
91
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Truman Doctrine
United States Cold War policy to contain communism in Europe and elsewhere
90
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peripatetic school
school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
87
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78
Kharijites
Early Islamic rebellious sect
87
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79
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
85
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Nizari Isma'ilism
branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam
85
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81
Donatism
Christian sect
84
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82
rationalism
philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge
83
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Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
82
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84
anarcho-communism
political philosophy and school of thought
80
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85
Mevlevi Order
Sufi order founded by the followers of Rumi
79
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86
Gnawa
ethnic group
79
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87
ubuntu
Southern African philosophy
78
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88
Tijaniyyah
sufi tariqa within sufism
77
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89
Pythagoreanism
system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
77
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Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
77
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supply and demand
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
75
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Rechtsstaat
doctrine in European legal thinking, means "state based on justice and integrity"
74
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93
monism
view that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept
71
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Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
70
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trickle-down economics
economic theory
70
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96
physiocracy
economic theory
69
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Mu'tazilism
rationalist school of Islamic theology
69
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98
Ash'ari
Sunni school of Islamic theology
68
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tragedy of the commons
self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
66
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100
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates
65
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