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BERNARD KOUCHNER by Andre Glucksmann...
None of these approaches are very precise, but they have one thing in common: a retreat from ideology. The main lesson of the French elections, says philosopher Andre Glucksmann, is "the end of the religious, theological, ideological style of politics" that the Socialists represented. "Voters no longer believe in definitive, global solutions. They want politics to address real problems." He sees French politics evolving into an American-style two- party system, in which a liberal and a conservative camp would address issues free from the "dogmatic Utopianism" that once clouded their debates. At a time when many Europeans...
...considered suspect." But so far Robespierre's defenders have had no luck, and even moderates are concerned that the government has gone too far in snubbing controversial revolutionary leaders. "They are going to present people with a pasteurized, dissected, plastic-wrapped revolution," complains philosopher and leftist philosopher Andre Glucksmann...
...France, where Heidegger's concepts of "authenticity" and liberty powerfully influenced the Existentialists, many intellectuals have rushed to his defense. Philosopher Francois Fedier called Farias' charges a "misinterpretation," while Author Andre Glucksmann, although not a supporter of Heidegger's ideas, mockingly compared the work to a "police dossier...
...Glucksmann and his colleagues have pasted a totalitarian label on Marxism at a time when Communist parties in Italy and Spain, as well as in France, are talking up their notion of a "Eurocommunism" that is independent of Moscow and ready to accept democratic forms, including elections. Not surprisingly, the French left's reaction has been sharp. The usually left-leaning daily Le Monde has gamely praised the "passionate challenge" raised by the New Philosophers. But the socialist Le Matin has flatly condemned their thinking as "elegant despair" and "a banal form of dandyism." A commentator...