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The Last Humanist

Nathan Gardels, Noema magazine, October 29, 2021

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy looks back on his life and times.

Seeing Through the Eyes of a Traveling Truth-Teller

Jonathan Kirsch, Jewish Journal, October 28, 2021

As we find out in his new book, “The Will to See: Dispatches From a World of Misery and Hope”, Lévy has put himself in harm’s way in the dangerous and troubled places that he writes about, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.

The French Intellectual Who Refuses to Look Away

Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, October 25, 2021

Rich societies were turning inward even before the pandemic, but Bernard-Henri Lévy won’t let them ignore atrocities elsewhere.

Eric Zemmour’s Desecration of the Name

Bernard-Henri Lévy, Tablet, October 25, 2021

Already, the candidate’s violations of French Jewish moral values are perilous and obscene.

Bernard-Henri Lévy – Charlie Rose : the rise of Putin in Russia and ISIS (October 15, 2014)

Posted on Wednesday 30 October 2024

Writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy examines the rise of Putin in Russia and ISIS in the Middle East and the...

Bernard-Henri Lévy – CNN GPS, Fareed Zakaria : Did Trump play a role in the EU vote? (May 31, 2019)

Posted on Wednesday 30 October 2024

Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy tells Fareed the populist ideas Pres. Trump espouses were being spread through Europe by Steve Bannon.

Bernard-Henri Lévy – Al Jazeera : interview from Benghazi (April 10, 2011)

Posted on Wednesday 30 October 2024

Bernard-Henri Lévy dénonçant dans Libération les « accusations scandaleuses » contre les membres du CNT. Bernard-Henri Lévy s’attaquant à la frilosité des...

Bernard-Henri Lévy – Charlie Rose : post-9/11 perception (December 5, 2003)

Posted on Wednesday 30 October 2024

Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy explains his “anti-anti-Americanism” and shares his views on the post-9/11 perception of the United States in Europe...

Israel

Unfailingly present whenever Israel is in danger, Bernard-Henri Lévy has rolled up his sleeves since the 1970s to find peaceful solutions. But when the philosopher thinks about Israel, he is also thinking about the entire world. And when he becomes involved in Bosnia, Georgia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, or Afghanistan that involvement reflects his thinking about Israel. The post-Holocaust principle of “Never Again” inhabits his words and deeds with respect to Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

Afghanistan

Described here are eight trips to Afghanistan made by a French writer over a period of 40 years, the country and its unceasing tragedy ever in his heart. The abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban is considered a wound and a stain by countless humanitarians, academics, archaeologists, soldiers, diplomats, and ordinary citizens, as it is for all lovers of liberty. But the fight goes on. Yesterday with the legendary Ahmad Shah Massoud; today with his son, the new Lion of Panjshir.