Trending Schools of Thought in France this year
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: 6-7.
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31,133
Total Views (this year)
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6-7
2025-2026 Internet meme
7,108
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stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
999
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3
eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
714
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4
Buddhism
Indian religion
687
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5
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
655
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6
Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
647
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7
Enlightenment philosophy
philosophy during the Age of Enlightenment
580
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8
nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
575
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9
naturism
movement for social nudity
521
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10
Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
499
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11
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
499
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12
Chinese astrology
Astrology based on Chinese astronomy
466
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13
Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
456
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14
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
451
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15
humanism
philosophical school of thought
449
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16
existentialism
philosophical and literary current
413
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17
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
411
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18
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
408
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19
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
326
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20
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
326
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21
Immaculate Conception of Mary
teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin
322
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22
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
312
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23
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
299
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24
phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
294
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25
atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
289
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26
Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
285
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27
Epicureanism
philosophical movement developed by Epicurus
281
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28
Ibadi Islam
It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
275
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29
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
263
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30
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
251
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31
deism
belief in God without revelation
248
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32
Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
245
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33
positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
244
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34
French Theory
philosophical movement, part of the post-structuralist movement
240
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35
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
238
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36
Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
236
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37
Alevism
Ethno-religious group
231
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38
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
224
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39
Donatism
Christian sect
212
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40
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
207
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41
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
205
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42
Nestorianism
Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
203
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43
materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
196
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44
Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
196
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45
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
195
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46
Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
195
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47
mercantilism
early economic theory
185
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48
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
179
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49
eudaemonism
belief in living 'the good life'
178
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50
Saint-Simonianism
French political, religious and social movement
176
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51
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
175
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52
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
173
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53
Situationist International
international organization of social revolutionaries
173
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54
Kharijites
Early Islamic rebellious sect
171
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55
utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
170
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56
hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
168
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57
millennialism
kind of religious belief
167
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58
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
162
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59
Tijaniyyah
sufi tariqa within sufism
162
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60
Gallicanism
the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the state's authority—over the Catholic Church is co
161
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61
skepticism
questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
161
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62
dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
158
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63
Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
156
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64
Orphism
set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world
155
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65
Mevlevi Order
Sufi order founded by the followers of Rumi
154
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66
homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
152
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67
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
152
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68
economic liberalism
political and economic ideology
151
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69
Annales school
group of historians
148
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70
empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
146
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71
Groupe des Six
group of French composers
141
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72
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
139
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73
peripatetic school
school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
138
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views
74
June 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla
2025 humanitarian convoy
137
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75
White Rose
non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy profes
137
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76
Neoplatonism
strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD
136
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77
Malthusianism
social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply
136
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78
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
136
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79
Nizari Isma'ilism
branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam
131
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80
Gnawa
ethnic group
128
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81
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
128
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82
Thomism
philosophical school based on the work of Thomas Aquinas
127
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83
rationalism
philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge
125
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84
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
123
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85
Truman Doctrine
United States Cold War policy to contain communism in Europe and elsewhere
122
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86
Pelagianism
Early Christian theological doctrine
121
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87
monism
view that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept
119
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88
Pre-Socratic philosophy
Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates
113
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89
ubuntu
Southern African philosophy
113
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90
Rechtsstaat
doctrine in European legal thinking, means "state based on justice and integrity"
112
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91
Advaita Vedanta
school of Hindu philosophy; a classic path to spiritual realization
110
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92
Christian anarchism
movement in political theology and political philosophy linking world religion with anarchy
108
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93
Ash'ari
Sunni school of Islamic theology
108
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94
anarcho-communism
political philosophy and school of thought
108
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95
supply and demand
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
107
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96
Mouride
Sufi order
107
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97
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
106
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98
Mu'tazilism
rationalist school of Islamic theology
106
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99
trickle-down economics
economic theory
101
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100
Pythagoreanism
system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
101
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