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bernard-henri lévy at tel aviv university justine lévy antonin-balthazar lévy -- > 20th-century philosophy 21st-century philosophy béni saf , french algeria continental philosophy nouveaux philosophes emmanuel emile zola levinas , primo levi , aleksandr solzhenitsyn , 150px bernard-henri lévy 5 november 1948 bernard-henri lévy-tau-1 . jpg bernard-henri lévy
 western philosophy
bernard-henri lévy

bernard-henri lévy -lrb- ; born 5 november 1948 -rrb- is a french public intellectual , media personality , and author .
often referred to in france simply as bhl , he was one of the leaders of the `` nouveaux philosophes '' -lrb- new philosophers -rrb- movement in 1976 .
in 2010 , `` the jerusalem post '' named lévy 45th on a list of the world 's 50 most influential jews .
the boston globe has said that he is `` perhaps the most prominent intellectual in france today '' .
he frequently writes on the subject of anti-semitism .
