A political theorist, a major intellectual influence in early 20th-century Europe, his "integral nationalism" anticipated some of the ideas of fascism.
This was linked to his sympathy for ethnocratic ideals, and complemented by his statements in favor of "integral nationalism" and "Romanianism".
National syndicalism is an ideology combining integral nationalism with revolutionary syndicalism.
It simply means replacing the old integral, organicist East European nationalism with the liberal concept of the nation.
A major tenet of integral nationalism was put forth by Maurras as "A true nationalist places his country above everything".
Central to Maurras' political ideas were an intense nationalism (what he described as "integral nationalism") and a belief in an ordered society based on a strong leadership.
In the summer of 1909, Sorel endorsed French integral nationalism and praised Maurras.
More recently, Peter Alter discussed integral nationalism in his book "Nationalismus" (1985), along with its opposite, risorgimento nationalism.
Some of the qualities that characterise integral nationalism are anti-individualism, statism (plans by the few ideology), radical extremism, and aggressive-expansionist militarism.