Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism by Lévy, Bernard-Henri

Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812974720)

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Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism by Lévy, Bernard-Henri

Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism

$18.00
Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism by Lévy, Bernard-Henri

Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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In this unprecedented critique, Bernard-Henri Lévy revisits his political roots, scrutinizes the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those on the horizon, and argues powerfully for a new political and moral vision for our times. Are human rights Western or universal? Does anti-Semitism have a future, and, if so, what will it look like? And how is it that progressives themselves-those who in the past defended individual rights and fought fascism-have now become the breeding ground for new kinds of dangerous attitudes: an unthinking loathing of Israel; an obsessive anti-Americanism; an idea of "tolerance" that, in its justification of Islamic fanaticism, for example, could become the "cemetery of democracies"; and an indifference, masked by relativism, to the greatest human tragedies facing the world today?

At a time of ideological and political transition in America, Left in Dark Times articulates the threats we all face-in many cases without our even being aware of it-and offers a powerful new vision for progressives everywhere.

Author: Bernard-Henri Lévy
ISBN-10: 0812974727
ISBN-13: 9780812974720
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2009
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.20w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/22/2009 pg. 22
By Bernard-Henri Lévy
By Bernard-Henri Lévy
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Bernard-Henri Lévy is a philosopher, journalist, activist, and filmmaker. He was hailed by Vanity Fair magazine as "Superman and prophet: we have no equivalent in the United States." Among his dozens of books are 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! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Lévy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.

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