http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html
"But then a group of French philosophers came to the rescue. They came up with a theory that said it wasn't bad to work with American military power. In fact, if the humanitarians could harness America's armed might, they could use it to change the world in a revolutionary way.
The philosophers were led by another ex-Maoist called Andre Glucksmann. He had turned against the left and had developed his own theory which he called "anti-totalitariansm". . . . Glucksmann was part of a group of intellectuals that rose up in France in the late 1970s called the New Philosophers. They saw Bernard Kouchner as an action hero putting their ideas into practice. Another prominent one was the glamorous Bernard-Henri Levy. Here he is with an interesting haircut . . . "
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:28 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On 5/18/2011 7:02 AM, Andy wrote:
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> > What exactly is BHL's status in France? Somehow I got the impression
> > that it was sort of like that of Thomas Friedman's here, but with more
> > people sharing Matt Taibbi's views.
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> I think the Friedman comparison is a good one.
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> Just looked at his French Wiki page, which has a lot of highlights: "BHL
> is presented by certain journalists as an intellectual impostor. His
> detractors judge that his success is due only to a well organized
> network of contacts."
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> All true. Only diff I can think of is that no one would dream of calling
> Friedman a philosopher. Whereas BHL, by virtue of his education and
> aspirations and contacts, might kinda qualify.
>
> Joanna
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