Thursday, August 30, 2012

Philosopher André Glucksmann A Dark Vision of the Future of Europe

''In France, André Glucksmann is one of the so-called New Philosophers, who turned away from their Marxist beginnings after 1968 and, motivated by Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago," wrote off Soviet-style totalitarianism. He is particularly well known in Germany for his two books "The Cook and the Cannibal" and "The Master Thinkers." His parents were Eastern European Jews and lived in Palestine and Germany before fleeing in 1937 to France, where Glucksmann was born in the same year. He published his autobiography, "A Child's Rage," in 2006. As someone who is deeply familiar with German philosophy and has taken a critical look at Heidegger since his university days, Glucksmann has sought to engage in intellectual dialogue with Germany. In his many papers and essays, the 75-year-old has defended the right to intervene in armed conflicts to protect civilians, has championed the Chechens and Georgians in the Caucasus, and has doggedly criticized the West for its tendency to close its eyes to the persistent presence of evil in the world.''

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