Alain Finkielkraut | |
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 Finkielkraut in 2014 | |
| Born | 30 June 1949 |
| Nationality | Stateless (1949–1950) French (1950–present) |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines |
| Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour Académie française |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Nouveaux Philosophes[1] |
| Institutions | École Polytechnique University of California, Berkeley |
Main interests | Modernity, history of ideas, education |
Alain Luc Finkielkraut (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ finkɛlˈkʁot], [finkɛlˈkʁaʊ̯t]; Yiddish: [fɪŋkiːlˈkʁaʊ̯t]; born 30 June 1949) is a French essayist, radio producer, and public intellectual. Since 1986, he has been the host of Répliques, a talk show broadcast weekly on France Culture. He was elected a Fellow of the Académie Française in 2014.[2]
- ^ Lévy, Bernard-Henri (2008). Left in Dark Times. Random House Publishing Group. p. 43.
- ^ Frédéric Joignot (11 April 2014). "Alain Finkielkraut, un Immortel contesté". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2016.