Bernard-Henri Lévy

FEATURE: Bernard-Henri Levy is Not a Moral Relativist

Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

The French uber-philosophe discusses the nature of evil.

Ennemis publics: Houellebecq & Lévy

Maud Newton (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008

“Philosopher without thought but not without connections….” Harper’s excerpts the correspondence of Michel Houellebecq & Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Palin and Obama, A Clash of Civilizations - Bernard-Henri Lévy

The Open Piehole (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008

Lévy's Challenge to the Left

Wizblog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008

An interview with the iconic liberal French writer, Bernard-Henri Lévy. Setting aside his bizarre characterization of McCain supporters, there are a lot of reasons here to hope he has Obama's ear (if, by some chance, Obama wins.) Read it all,...

Bernard Henri Levy

Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008

Wow, so drugs are legal in France eh?

Bernard-Henri Lévy on Sarah Palin's Panties

Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008

For me, one of the most powerful—as well as the least discussed—images of the recent presidential campaign was the moment Sarah Palin introduced herself to Joe Biden at the vice-presidential debate. Everyone noticed her style. Her smile. Her handsome, form-fitting black suit. Her disarming simplicity when greeting her opponent. What few people saw—or what they saw without seeing , or what they feigned...

Unintended

No Oil for Pacifists (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008

French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy is betting on the Dems, and supplies three reasons "Obama should be chosen" to Der Speigel : No. 1, because it would mean really the end -- and the complete victory of the battle begun in the '60s. No. 2, because it will mean the end of a new American evil, which is the dividing, the Balkanization of American society. This is another counter-effect...

“..Interview with Bernard-Henri Lévy: Why Europeans Love Obama..”

whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008

“..Since he began his career 35 years ago, self-described leftist, philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy has never been caught without a cause or opinion. He has flamboyantly articulated these in more than 30 books (including the much discussed “American Vertigo”), countless television appearances, articles and even films that he’s written, produced, directed and/or narrated....

Bernard-Henri Levy: The Left on "Freedom and Equality"

ShrinkWrapped (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008

Bernard-Henri Levy is a French icon of the Left, an intellectual provocateur, and most unusually, pro-American. He was interviewed in Der Spiegel about his new book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, and the question of...

TNR on Zizek

the church and postmodern culture: (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008

Zizek gets some (unflattering) mainstream attention from Adam Kirsch in The New Republic. Just to give you a sample of tone:I witnessed the same deception a few weeks ago, when Zizek appeared with Bernard-Henri Lévy at the New York Public...

Der Spiegel: Why Europeans Love Obama

Bill Baar's West Side (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008

Beth Arnold's interview with Bernard-Henri Lévy SALON: So you are saying that you believe the left can end up committing the same sins as the right? Because I think in the United States we have been fighting for tolerance in so many ways -- tolerance for gays, civil rights ... Lévy: These battles, of course, you fought. I fought ... And it is won. It is achieved. Barack...

French Armenians demand Armenian Genocide bill be considered in Senate

Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008

Some 800 people, including members of parliament from various political parties, historian Serge Klarsfeld and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, gathered in front of the French Senate on November 22, to demand that the bill penalizing denial of the Armenian genocide be considered by the French senators as soon as possible, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told .Mr. Levy...

late night thoughts on the election

pas au-delà (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Mclemee on BHL, bleh: Did Bernard-Henri Lévy comprehend that "the American left" and "the Charlie Rose television program" are, in fact, distinct entities? Might there be aspects of social and political life that do not impinge upon the consciousness of Sharon Stone or Warren Beatty (who, to judge by American Vertigo, are among the American left's most important figures)? Can a...

Obama arouses a wild yet reasonable hope

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Anti-Americanism will not suddenly, magically disappear. But it will have a harder time surviving and it will be forced to revisit its sales pitch, writes Bernard-Henri Lévy

Week in Review: Vote Barack Obama

Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008

In the week after CMJ laid total waste to our city, we turned our eyes once more toward the real world, a/k/a movies about Halloween and short videos depicting rappers voting . Speaking of the election, Ice-T , Bernard-Henri Lévy , Richard Belzer , Richard Hell , and Eileen Myles all weighed in on it, as did M.I.A., again . There’s a new Animal Collective record, Merriweather...