Bernard-Henri Lévy
ARTICLES BY: Bernard-Henri Lévy
Brexit Does Not Signal the Victory of ‘Another Europe,’ But of ‘No Europe at All’
Thursday’s Brexit marks a victory not of the people but of populism. Not of democracy but of demagogy. It is a victory of the hard Right over...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: ‘Hijab Day’ at Sciences Po
I realize that this is a minor event that has no more importance than we are willing, here and elsewhere, to give it. And yet I...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Fateful Choice for Europe
One country of the European Union recalls its ambassador from another country of the Union. Another, or the same, becomes, in defiance of every rule...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Death’s Siren Song, Life’s Noble Rhythm
The rhythmic litany of deaths chanted out in the press in recent weeks has had a strange effect. David Bowie is dead. Pierre Boulez is dead. Michel Tournier...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Metaphysics of the Yarmulke
What a strange debate has been going on in France. A cacaphony, really — about the yarmulke! There are the good doctors, notably Rony Brauman, founder of...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The World Must Stand Up to Saudi Arabia
Iran is no paragon of democracy. And when its leaders denounce the “criminal workings” of the “vile” Saudi regime and its links to terrorism, the pot...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Things We Need to Stop Hearing About the ‘Stabbing Intifada’
It is painful to hear the phrase “lone wolves” applied to the handful — and perhaps tomorrow the dozens and then the hundreds — of...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Israel, Palestine, and the French Legislature: ‘He Who Would Act the Angel, Acts the Brute’
For nearly half a century I have favored the two-state solution. But I believe that the "unilateral recognition" of Palestine under consideration in the French...