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| − | '''Bernard-Henri Lévy''' (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family) is a French journalist. He studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' in 1968, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. A ''pop philosopher'', Lévy was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie", a French movement in 1976 vaguely inspired by [[Michel Foucault]] (who had mixed feelings about the association). They are known for making appearances on television and writing books about philosophy but abstaining from publishing in any philosophical journals or engaging in debates with their peers.<ref name="Tarifa"/> He 's been labeled by those who know him well and have worked closely with him as an intellectual fraud and [[Islamofascist]].<ref>https://theremustbejustice.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/bernard-henry-levy-portrait-of-an-islamofascist-jew/ </ref> | + | '''Bernard-Henri Lévy''' (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family) is a French journalist. He studied at the ''École Normale Supérieure'' in 1968, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. A ''pop philosopher'', Lévy was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie", a French movement in 1976 vaguely inspired by [[Michel Foucault]] (who had mixed feelings about the association). They are known for making appearances on television and writing books about philosophy but abstaining from publishing in any philosophical journals or engaging in debates with their peers.<ref name="Tarifa"/> He 's been labeled by those who know him well and have worked closely with him as an intellectual fraud and [[Islamofascist]].<ref>https://theremustbejustice.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/bernard-henry-levy-portrait-of-an-islamofascist-jew/</ref> |
An aged [[Jean Paul Sartre]] thought he was a CIA agent. | An aged [[Jean Paul Sartre]] thought he was a CIA agent. | ||
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==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
| − | + | At the eruption of civil war in Libya against dictator Qaddafi, while reporting from Benghazi in March 2011, Lévy called his former rival [[Sarkozy]] to urge intervention to prevent a potential "bloodbath" at the hands of Gaddafi's forces.<ref>[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhdrv8 L'appel de BHL depuis Benghazi (Libye) en direct sur TF1 au – une vidéo Nieuws & Politiek] (2011)</ref> | |
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[[File:BERNARD - HENRI LEVY Benghazi Libya.jpg|thumb|BHL in the ruins of a residence of [[Qaddafi]] in Benghazi.]] | [[File:BERNARD - HENRI LEVY Benghazi Libya.jpg|thumb|BHL in the ruins of a residence of [[Qaddafi]] in Benghazi.]] | ||
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| − | The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Levy, a pop philosopher so French that I can’t think of an American equivalent. We just don’t have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.<ref>[ | + | The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Levy, a pop philosopher so French that I can’t think of an American equivalent. We just don’t have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/frances-goals-in-libya-hit-a-little-closer-to-home/2011/03/28/AF4J7mqB_story.html? France’s goals in Libya hit a little closer to home.]</ref> |
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==Philosophy== | ==Philosophy== | ||
Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have published in Paris ''Une Imposture Francaise'' (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote: | Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have published in Paris ''Une Imposture Francaise'' (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote: | ||
| − | + | [[File:Benghazi Libya feb 2011.JPG|thumb|left|At Benghazi a revolutionary committee office.]] | |
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A philosopher who’s never taught the subject in any university, a journalist who creates a cocktail mingling the true, the possible, and the totally false, a patch-work filmmaker, a writer without a real literary oeuvre, he is the icon of a media-driven society in which simple appearance weighs more than the substance of things. BHL is thus first and foremost a great communicator, the PR man of the only product he really knows how to sell: himself... BHL changes his political allegiances like one of his shirts.<ref> | A philosopher who’s never taught the subject in any university, a journalist who creates a cocktail mingling the true, the possible, and the totally false, a patch-work filmmaker, a writer without a real literary oeuvre, he is the icon of a media-driven society in which simple appearance weighs more than the substance of things. BHL is thus first and foremost a great communicator, the PR man of the only product he really knows how to sell: himself... BHL changes his political allegiances like one of his shirts.<ref> | ||
| − | [http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/the_lies_of_bernard_henri_leacutevy/ The Lies of Bernard-Henri Lévy.]</ref><ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0c1_1338187315 </ref> | + | [http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/the_lies_of_bernard_henri_leacutevy/ The Lies of Bernard-Henri Lévy.]</ref><ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0c1_1338187315</ref> |
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| − | A review of his movie ''The Oath of Tobruk'', which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in, celebrating the tragic events in Libya which took 40,000 lives after Levy's personal intervention for "humanitarian purposes", describes Levy as a self-promoting militant philosopher leftist intellectual.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120610005656/http://www.france24.com/en/20120606-libyan-war-brought-you-bernard-henri-levy-sarkozy-clinton-obama] </ref> The movie was made with an eye to being his entry at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. The film depicts the adventures of a fascist warmonger with a cameo appearance by [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref> | + | A review of his movie ''The Oath of Tobruk'', which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in, celebrating the tragic events in Libya which took 40,000 lives after Levy's personal intervention for "humanitarian purposes", describes Levy as a self-promoting militant philosopher leftist intellectual.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120610005656/http://www.france24.com/en/20120606-libyan-war-brought-you-bernard-henri-levy-sarkozy-clinton-obama]</ref> The movie was made with an eye to being his entry at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. The film depicts the adventures of a fascist warmonger with a cameo appearance by [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-the-state-department-didnt-want-you-to-see-in-clintons-emails/article/2564944</ref> |
== About Dominique Strauss-Kahn == | == About Dominique Strauss-Kahn == | ||
| − | On May 16, 2011 Lévy defended ex IMF Chief [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]]. He wrote: | + | On May 16, 2011, Lévy defended ex IMF Chief [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]]. He wrote: |
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| − | ''...it would be nice to know, and without delay—how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York’s grand hotels of sending a “cleaning brigade” of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet.''<ref name="thedailybeast.com">[ | + | ''...it would be nice to know, and without delay—how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York’s grand hotels of sending a “cleaning brigade” of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet.''<ref name="thedailybeast.com">[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/05/16/bernard-henri-lvy-the-dominique-strauss-kahn-i-know.html Bernard-Henri Lévy Defends Accused IMF Director.]</ref> |
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However, this comment elicited some outcry. For example: | However, this comment elicited some outcry. For example: | ||
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| − | ''For years, I’ve stayed at the Sofitel and other hotels in New York City, and I’ve never seen a “brigade,” simply single maids coming in to clean. ''<ref>[ | + | ''For years, I’ve stayed at the Sofitel and other hotels in New York City, and I’ve never seen a “brigade,” simply single maids coming in to clean. ''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/opinion/18dowd.html Maureen Dowd, in an op ed for the New York Times]</ref> |
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On March 3, 2009, Lévy wrote: | On March 3, 2009, Lévy wrote: | ||
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| − | ''Next month, the nations of the world will meet in Geneva to talk about racism. The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy says the whole thing is a sham, a setup to blame the world’s ills on Israel. We must boycott. ''<ref>[ | + | ''Next month, the nations of the world will meet in Geneva to talk about racism. The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy says the whole thing is a sham, a setup to blame the world’s ills on Israel. We must boycott. ''<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/03/03/why-is-the-un-blaming-the-jews.html Why Is the UN Blaming the Jews?]</ref> |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Hollywood values]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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*http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/en/ The English version of his website. | *http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/en/ The English version of his website. | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2003/01/levy200301 France’s Prophet Provocateur.] |
*[http://nplusonemag.com/mediocracy-america Mediocracy in America.] | *[http://nplusonemag.com/mediocracy-america Mediocracy in America.] | ||
*[http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/philosophes-sans-frontieres-as-plato-battles-nato-financial-times-1er-avril-2011-17594.html Philosophes sans frontieres as Plato battles NATO.] At Bernard-Henri Lévy's own web site. | *[http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/philosophes-sans-frontieres-as-plato-battles-nato-financial-times-1er-avril-2011-17594.html Philosophes sans frontieres as Plato battles NATO.] At Bernard-Henri Lévy's own web site. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:25, September 25, 2025
“God is dead, but my hair is perfect”~ Bernard-Henri Lévy[1]
Bernard-Henri Lévy (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family) is a French journalist. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in 1968, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. A pop philosopher, Lévy was one of the leaders of the "Nouvelle Philosophie", a French movement in 1976 vaguely inspired by Michel Foucault (who had mixed feelings about the association). They are known for making appearances on television and writing books about philosophy but abstaining from publishing in any philosophical journals or engaging in debates with their peers.[1] He 's been labeled by those who know him well and have worked closely with him as an intellectual fraud and Islamofascist.[2]
An aged Jean Paul Sartre thought he was a CIA agent.
Lévy has three best friends: Gilles Hertzog, grandson of a founder of the French Communist Party, Jacques Martinez, a painter, and Jean-Paul Enthoven, an editor at Grasset.
Politics
At the eruption of civil war in Libya against dictator Qaddafi, while reporting from Benghazi in March 2011, Lévy called his former rival Sarkozy to urge intervention to prevent a potential "bloodbath" at the hands of Gaddafi's forces.[3]
The man who introduced Sarkozy to the Benghazi rebels is none other than Bernard-Henri Levy, a pop philosopher so French that I can’t think of an American equivalent. We just don’t have philosophers who wear their shirts unbuttoned, marry blond actresses and take sides, enthusiastically, in wars in Bangladesh, Angola, Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.[4]
Philosophy
Two French journalists—Nicolas Beau of Le Canard Enchainé and Olivier Toscer of Le Nouvel Observateur—have published in Paris Une Imposture Francaise (A French Imposter), an inquest into how BHL has built his success. They wrote:
A philosopher who’s never taught the subject in any university, a journalist who creates a cocktail mingling the true, the possible, and the totally false, a patch-work filmmaker, a writer without a real literary oeuvre, he is the icon of a media-driven society in which simple appearance weighs more than the substance of things. BHL is thus first and foremost a great communicator, the PR man of the only product he really knows how to sell: himself... BHL changes his political allegiances like one of his shirts.[5][6]
A review of his movie The Oath of Tobruk, which he wrote, produced, directed and starred in, celebrating the tragic events in Libya which took 40,000 lives after Levy's personal intervention for "humanitarian purposes", describes Levy as a self-promoting militant philosopher leftist intellectual.[7] The movie was made with an eye to being his entry at the Cannes Film Festival. The film depicts the adventures of a fascist warmonger with a cameo appearance by Hillary Rodham Clinton.[8]
About Dominique Strauss-Kahn
On May 16, 2011, Lévy defended ex IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He wrote:
...it would be nice to know, and without delay—how a chambermaid could have walked in alone, contrary to the habitual practice of most of New York’s grand hotels of sending a “cleaning brigade” of two people, into the room of one of the most closely watched figures on the planet.[9]
However, this comment elicited some outcry. For example:
For years, I’ve stayed at the Sofitel and other hotels in New York City, and I’ve never seen a “brigade,” simply single maids coming in to clean. [10]
Levy also wrote:
I am troubled by a system of justice modestly termed “accusatory,” meaning that anyone can come along and accuse another fellow of any crime—and it will be up to the accused to prove that the accusation is false and without basis in fact. [9]
UN Blaming the Jews
On March 3, 2009, Lévy wrote:
Next month, the nations of the world will meet in Geneva to talk about racism. The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy says the whole thing is a sham, a setup to blame the world’s ills on Israel. We must boycott. [11]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Poverty of the "New Philosophy", by Fatos Tarifa
- ↑ https://theremustbejustice.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/bernard-henry-levy-portrait-of-an-islamofascist-jew/
- ↑ L'appel de BHL depuis Benghazi (Libye) en direct sur TF1 au – une vidéo Nieuws & Politiek (2011)
- ↑ France’s goals in Libya hit a little closer to home.
- ↑ The Lies of Bernard-Henri Lévy.
- ↑ https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0c1_1338187315
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-the-state-department-didnt-want-you-to-see-in-clintons-emails/article/2564944
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bernard-Henri Lévy Defends Accused IMF Director.
- ↑ Maureen Dowd, in an op ed for the New York Times
- ↑ Why Is the UN Blaming the Jews?
External links
- http://www.bernard-henri-levy.com/en/ The English version of his website.
- France’s Prophet Provocateur.
- Mediocracy in America.
- Philosophes sans frontieres as Plato battles NATO. At Bernard-Henri Lévy's own web site.