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Paul Holdengräber
Paul Holdengräber is the Director of LIVE from the NYPL.

Bernard-Henri Levy
Bernard-Henri Levy is a philosopher, journalist, activist, and filmmaker. He was hailed by Vanity Fair magazine as "Superman and prophet: we have no equivalent in the United States." Among his dozens of books are American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications throughout Europe and the United States. His films include the documentaries Bosna! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Levy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racism and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.

Slavoj Zizek
Slavoj Zizek, born 1949 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Senior Researcher at Birkbeck College, University of London, is a Hegelian Philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, Christian atheist, Communist political activist, and he thinks these four features are four aspects of one and the same Cause. His latest publications are: in philosophy The Parallax View, in psychoanalysis How to Read Lacan, in theology The Monstrosity of Christ, and in politics Living at the End Times.

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NYPL Introduction

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Bernard-Henri Levy Opening Remarks

07 min 55 sec

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Sarkozy's Controversies

02 min 30 sec

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Slavoj Zizek Opening Remarks

04 min 11 sec

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The French Riots of 2005

01 min 52 sec

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Legacy of May 1968 in France

06 min 32 sec

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The Problem with May 1968 and August 1968 in Prague

04 min 50 sec

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Consumption and Ethical Awareness Comparison to 1968

05 min 33 sec

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The Importance of Charity

08 min 57 sec

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On an Israeli and Palestinian Two-State Solution

10 min 46 sec

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Rising Zionist Antisemitism in Europe

06 min 31 sec

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Israeli-Arab Relations

03 min 08 sec

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The Problems with Islamofascism

04 min 51 sec

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Hope for the Left

08 min 17 sec

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Communism vs. The Left

06 min 50 sec

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The Torture Debate / Communism / Fundamentalism

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Fundamentalism Debate

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The Left vs. Fundamentalists

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Tolerance and Liberalism

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Radicalization of Liberalism

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Liberalism's Step Backwards

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Bernard-Henri Levy Defends Israel

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French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy comments on the accusations of rising Zionist antisemitism in Europe.

Levy draws from the inclusive, diverse nature of the Israeli government to conclude that anti-Zionists only compose a "tiny, tiny minority."

Slavoj Zizek Calls West Bank Crisis 'Systemic Politics'

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Philosopher Slavoj Zizek challenges the other panelists to "visit the West Bank" with him to see "systematic politics."

Drawing from the NY Times and Tony Blair, Zizek argues that the state of Israel supported Hamas less than a decade ago.

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West Bank

Area (pop., 2009 est.: 2,733,000 [including 305,000 Israeli Jews]), west of the Jordan River and east of Jerusalem. Covering an area of about 2,278 sq mi (5,900 sq km), excluding east Jerusalem, the territory is also known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and Samaria. It is a region with deep history, forming the heart of historic Palestine. Populated areas include Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jericho. Under a 1947 UN agreement, most of what is now the West Bank was to become part of a Palestinian state. When the State of Israel was formed, the Arabs attacked Israel (see Arab-Israeli wars), and the partition plan was never adopted. Following a truce, Jordan remained in control of the area and annexed it in 1950. Israel subsequently occupied it during the Six-Day War of 1967. During the 1970s and '80s Israel established settlements there, provoking resentment among the Arab population and protest from the international community. Arab uprisings began in 1987 in the Gaza Strip and spread to the West Bank (see intifadah). Jordan relinquished its claims in 1988, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) assumed power. Secret meetings between the PLO and Israel in 1993 led to an end of violence and an agreement granting Palestinian self-rule in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Further negotiations to resolve outstanding issues proceeded intermittently in the 1990s but broke down amid renewed violence in late 2000. In 2007, clashes between leading Palestinian parties Hamas and Fatah and the failure of a coalition government led to Hamas's taking control of the Gaza Strip and a Fatah-led emergency cabinet taking control of the West Bank.

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Charles Frith

Posted: 10.28.10, 05:06 AM

I'm reluctant to say this as a generalism but the French are insufferable here. The host/MC is a sycophant of the highest order. If manners are about direct eye engagement then Bernard is a philistine of courtesy being fellated by pygmy of enlightenment.

rockerboy

Posted: 09.23.09, 12:52 AM

Zizek rocks

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FORA.tv Staff

Posted: 01.14.09, 04:46 PM

cool poem (18 minutes in). i would love to talk with Slavoj and his glorious tangents.

Vrasidas

Posted: 01.06.09, 11:48 AM

dreadful empty meaningless rhetoric!

Shackleberry

Posted: 01.04.09, 03:02 PM

Wow! Slavoj Zizek is a true mental GIANT!

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