'Anti-Americanism is a form of fascism'
14 October 2006
Narrow nationalism, hatred of Jews, and chauvinism find their meeting place in anti-Americanism, the acclaimed French thinker Bernard-Henri Lévy tells Allister Heath
What is most unusual about Bernard-Henri Lévy is not that he wears his white shirts open almost all the way down to his bellybutton; one would expect little else of a French philosopher who grew up hooked on the deconstructionist theories of Jacques Derrida. Far more intriguing is that the top half of his shirts are entirely and deliberately devoid of buttons â” and have clearly been expensively and carefully tailored, manufacturing the ‘noble savage’ look for which he is renowned.
Lévy â” or BHL as he is universally known in France, where he is a household name â” was in Britain on Monday to promote his new book, American Vertigo, which will be published by Gibson Square next week. Inspired by Alexis de Tocqueville’s famous trip to the US in the early 19th century, and worried by the mounting tide of anti-Americanism across Europe, BHL set off on his very own journey of discovery.
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