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Bernard-Henri Lévy – Charlie Rose : American Vertigo (April 4, 2005)

Posted on Sunday 05 May 2024

Bernard-Henri Lévy describes his mission to recreate Alexis De Tocqueville’s six month journey across America and shares his article, “In...

Bernard-Henri Lévy – Charlie Rose : American Vertigo (January 2006)

Posted on Sunday 19 September 2021

Bernard-Henry Levy’s interview on Januray 2006 with Charlie Rose about the publication of his last book, American Vertigo.

American Vertigo

Published in April 2007

What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? To answer these questions, celebrated philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy spent a year traveling throughout the country in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose “Democracy in America” remains the most influential book ever written about our country.

Portrait of Bernard-Henri Lévy

Bernard-Henri Lévy (interview), Purple, May 10, 2011

The rules of the game: names, a collection of names, all of which had one thing in common: they had in one way or another played a part in BHL's intellectual or personal life.

Looking for Europe, Finding America Adrift

James Kirchick, Tablet, November 08, 2018

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s one-man show ‘Looking for Europe’ makes the case for America better than most Americans ever do.

A Frenchman explains why Israel fights

James Forsyth, Foreign Policy, August 07, 2006

BHL explains why Israel went to war and why the Israeli public—including many who are normally dovish—are so supportive of it.

Epiphanies from Bernard-Henri Lévy

Bernard-Henri Lévy (interview), Foreign Policy, January 02, 2013

"Arab Winter" is a stupid slogan and the West needs to get over its China fixation, says France's most prominent intellectual.

It’s Time to Take Bernard-Henri Lévy Seriously

Blake Smith, Foreign Policy, April 09, 2021

A close reading of the philosophical career, and influence, of France’s most ridiculed public intellectual.

Bernard-Henri Lévy – Talks at Google : Left in Dark Times (September 24, 2008)

Posted on Sunday 05 May 2024

Bernard-Henri Levy visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the...

The View from Here

James Kirchick, Air Mail, October 23, 2021

Bernard-Henri Lévy will never give up on hopeless causes.