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The Bastardization of the Intellectual: Les Nouveaux Philosophes – Intellectuals and the Media in France

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Les Nouveaux Philosophes were a group of intellectuals who came to prominence in the late 1970s, headed by the iconic figure of Bernard-Henri Lévy. Despite extensive criticism of their philosophy, …

Les Nouveaux Philosophes were a group of intellectuals who came to prominence in the late 1970s, headed by the iconic figure of Bernard-Henri Lévy. Despite extensive criticism of their philosophy, the Nouveaux Philosophes were successful in building notoriety in the media. Notably, their television presence proved crucial in building their image and spreading their ideas (Chaplin, 2007). There were several points of convergence amongst the Nouveaux Philosophes . They rejected Marxism, the dominant ideology, as totalitarian, seeking to break away from the oppression of ideological schemes and t

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