Bernard-Henri Levy

He’s been lauded as a rock star of critical thought. A prophet who bridges high intellect with low brow pop culture. He’s Bernard-Henri Levy, one of Europe’s most celebrated thinkers.

An intellectual maverick, Levy has morphed into a master philosopher, journalist, activist, and best-selling author. An advocate of ethics and justice, he broke ground as the leader of the New Philosophers in the 1960s. Maintaining his outspoken streak of activism, he served as a war reporter extensively covering the Middle East and Afghanistan, and writing over 30 books, including Who Killed Daniel Pearl. As a filmmaker, he chronicled conflict in documentaries such as A Day in the Death of Sarajevo.

Crossing the Atlantic, Levy dazzled American audiences with his critically acclaimed book, American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville. His submersion into American culture inspired him to break rank with the roiling global trend of anti-Americanism, claiming, “Anti-Americanism is a horror. It is a magnet of the worst…racism, nationalism, chauvinism, and anti-Semitism.” Instead, Lévy purports that the United States serves as a model of an exemplary democracy, inaugurating a new conversation about what America is today and can be tomorrow.

In his latest book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, he offers up a sharp critique of today's leftist politics.

Levy’s distinctive intellectual might, combined with his trademark sense of elegance, will inspire a new generation of minds to explore, question, and challenge modern thought the world over.