Comebacks can be tough — even when you are famous enough to be known only by your initials. So it has been this week in Paris, where France’s best-known contemporary philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lévy — ...

What do haute couture and existentialism have in common? Both, says Tamara Chaplin, were prestige exports for a France in postwar shambles. After Allied liberation, the French were glad of products ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a close-up shot at the start of the mini-series “Voltaire in Love,” a baby François Marie Arouet (also known as French ...

French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has admitted that he accidentally quoted from the work of an imaginary writer. The New Philosophers leader admitted on Monday that he had quoted Botul's The Sex ...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. Philosopher Manon Garcia discussed her newest book, The Joy of Consent, on October 11. The talk, moderated by political science ...

Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher, sociologist, and social theorist who was best known for his work on consumerism, modern excesses, and what he called reality’s disappearance, including a 1991 ...

Last month, the French finance minister told her countrymen they think too much. "Roll up your sleeves and get on with it," is her advice. French intellectuals of all stripes are up in arms. French ...