A conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy
| Interviewed by H. Randolph Williams, principal, Williams & Baerson and former president of Alliance Française Board of Directors |  | | Lecture | | Thursday, October 02, 2008 | | | Inter Continental Hotel | | AF Members $20 - Non-members $30 | | Should there be a new political and moral vision for our times? Bernard-Henri Lévy argues yes in his new book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism. In this unprecedented intellectual and political journey, one of the world’s leading intellectuals 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. Lévy brings to life his own intellectual view of the world, the thinkers and politicians he has known and examined, the ideological battles he has fought over thirty years, and their bearing on the present day. Above all, Lévy offers a powerful new vision for progressives, one based on an absolute commitment to combat evil in all its guises.
YP Members $10; Members $20; AF Members $20; Nonmembers $30
President’s Circle, Corporate Members, and Student Members complimentary
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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 films include the documentaries Bosnia! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. He is cofounder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government. Lévy’s latest book, Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, will be available for purchase and signing at the program. H. Randolph Williams, principal at Williams & Baerson, will interview him.
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| | 5:30 p.m. Cash bar reception
6:00 p.m. Presentation and discussion
7:15 p.m. Book signing and cash bar reception
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