Bernard-Henri Levy

French Philosopher & Journalist

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a philosopher, activist, and filmmaker. His most recent book, “The Genius of Judaism”, was published in January 2017 by Random House. His New York Times best-sellers include “American Vertigo”, “Barbarism with a Human Face”, and “Who Killed Daniel Pearl?” His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications throughout Europe and the United States. His films include the documentaries “Bosna!”, “The Oath of Tobruk”, “Peshmerga”, and “The Battle of Mosul.” Lévy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racisme. He has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.

Debates Featuring Bernard-Henri Levy

Western Democracy Is Threatening Suicide

With Clive Crook, Bernard-Henri Levy, Yascha Mounk, Kori Schake
October 3, 2017

Do the populist and nationalist uprisings that led to Donald Trump and Brexit signal Western democracy’s certain decline? Or can recent events be seen as part of a healthy and regenerative antidote to policies that have challenged liberal institutions and marginalized the middle class? Some predict that a resilient liberal world order will rally to triumph over fear, xenophobia and fractured political parties – others say that support for autocratic alternatives is on the rise. To view the full debate…

Western Democracy Is Threatening Suicide

With Clive Crook, Bernard-Henri Levy, Yascha Mounk, Kori Schake
October 3, 2017

Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline

With Wesley Clark, Bernard-Henri Levy, Dan Senor, Mort Zuckerman
May 11, 2010

What might Machiavelli have made of the 44th President of the United States? Barack Obama set out to change the tone of US foreign policy. And he did. By virtue of his personal story, by dint of his not being George W. Bush, he arrived in the White House as both object of fascination and source of relief to a world grown accustomed to resenting the US itself. Here is a president who acknowledges that we hold no monopoly on…

Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline

What might Machiavelli have made of the 44th President of the United States? Barack Obama set out to change the tone of US foreign policy. And he did. By virtue of his personal story, by…

With Wesley Clark, Bernard-Henri Levy, Dan Senor, Mort Zuckerman
May 11, 2010

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