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X-WR-CALNAME:Defending Civilization: A Philosopher at the Frontline of Worl
 d Conflict with Bernard-Henri Lévy
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DESCRIPTION:GSEHD Dean Michael Feuer invites you to a special opportunity t
 o meet world-renowned philosopher and public intellectual Bernard-Henri L
 évy.\n\nDoors Open at 12:30 pm | Event begins at 1:00 pm\n\n \n\nFrom Ukr
 aine to Darfur\, from Afghanistan and Bosnia to Sudan\, Nigeria\, Libya\, 
 Syria\, and Israel\, philosopher\, journalist and filmmaker Bernard-Henri 
 Lévy will discuss his work in the world’s most troubled places and dang
 erous combat zones. He will teach us why in these fragile times we must ha
 ve the will to educate ourselves and apply our knowledge to repair the wor
 ld.\n\nStudents will receive a free copy of Bernard-Henri Lévy's latest b
 ook (while supplies last). Light refreshments will be served.\n\n_________
 ____________________________________________\n\n\nAbout Bernard-Henri Lév
 y: Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher\, director of eight films\,
  and author of forty-eight books. Lévy is one of the West’s foremost in
 tellectuals\, defending democracy and humanism against totalitarianism and
  fascism. His recent books include Israel Alone (2024)\, The Will to See: 
 Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope (2021)\, The Virus in the Age o
 f Madness (2020)\, The Empire and the Five Kings (2019)\, The Genius of Ju
 daism (2017)\, American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Toc
 queville (2005)\, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? (2003).\n\nLévy has made f
 ilms on the war in Bosnia\; Libya\; Iraqi Kurdistan besieged by ISIS\; and
  Afghanistan\, Somalia\, Bangladesh\, Nigeria\, and Ukraine. Lévy’s wor
 k as an intellectual\, a writer\, and a film-maker is intertwined with hum
 anitarian activism. For fifty years\, Lévy has reported on the world’s 
 “forgotten wars” and devoted numerous books\, films\, and articles to 
 these crises.
GEO:38.899924;-77.047113
LOCATION:University Student Center\, Grand Ballroom\, 3rd Floor
SUMMARY:Defending Civilization: A Philosopher at the Frontline of World Con
 flict with Bernard-Henri Lévy
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/defending-civilization-with-be
 rnard-henri-levy
CATEGORIES:Academic
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers
CATEGORIES:Politics & Policy
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