A Letter to the American Left
11:38 PM by Greanville
BHL, a man of strong opinions and a very high opinion of himself.
BY BERNARD HENRI-LEVY
[from the February 27, 2006 issue of The Nation]
REPUBLISHED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE
Editorial Caveat: Who is this diagnostician for the American Left?: In French and US establishment journals, Bernard-Henri Levy, or BHL, as he is commonly known, is one of the best-acclaimed “philosophes” and authors in France today. But when it comes to Henri-Levy, surely probably one of the great “poseurs” and leftist apostates on the world stage, such accolades are to be taken with a huge lump of salt. Indeed, a new biography by French journalists Jade Lindgaard and Xavier de la Porte is the first in a series of seven acerbic critiques of BHL to be released in the coming years and marks an unprecedented attack on the high-profile academic. Read the rest of this entry »
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