Pascal Bruckner
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'''Pascal Bruckner''' (born [[December 15]], [[1948]] in [[Paris]]) is a [[France|French]] [[writer]] best known for ''Lunes de Fiel'' (adapted to film as ''[[Bitter Moon]]'' by [[Roman Polanski]]) | '''Pascal Bruckner''' (born [[December 15]], [[1948]] in [[Paris]]) is a [[France|French]] [[writer]] best known for ''Lunes de Fiel'' (adapted to film as ''[[Bitter Moon]]'' by [[Roman Polanski]]) | ||
- | He is an active supporter of the US cause and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], signing letters and petitions in favour of [[Donald Rumsfeld]], along with [[Romain Goupil]] and [[André Glucksmann]] (''[[Le Monde]]'', 4 March 2003). | + | He is an active supporter of the US cause and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. His fiery polemic stance against [[multiculturalism]] has kindled an international debate. |
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- | His fiery polemic stance against [[multiculturalism]] has kindled an international debate. | + | |
==''Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc''== | ==''Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc''== | ||
''Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc'' (''The Tears of the White Man''), published by the [[Éditions le Seuil]] in May 1983, subtitled "Third World, culpability and [[self-hatred]]", was a controversial opus. The author describes what he sees as a pro-Third-World sentimentalism of part of the Western Left-wing and its cheap self-culpabilisation; the essay had an influence on a whole trend of thought ([[Maurice Dantec]], [[Michel Houellebecq]]). | ''Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc'' (''The Tears of the White Man''), published by the [[Éditions le Seuil]] in May 1983, subtitled "Third World, culpability and [[self-hatred]]", was a controversial opus. The author describes what he sees as a pro-Third-World sentimentalism of part of the Western Left-wing and its cheap self-culpabilisation; the essay had an influence on a whole trend of thought ([[Maurice Dantec]], [[Michel Houellebecq]]). | ||
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Pascal Bruckner (born December 15, 1948 in Paris) is a French writer best known for Lunes de Fiel (adapted to film as Bitter Moon by Roman Polanski)
He is an active supporter of the US cause and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His fiery polemic stance against multiculturalism has kindled an international debate.
Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc
Le Sanglot de l'Homme blanc (The Tears of the White Man), published by the Éditions le Seuil in May 1983, subtitled "Third World, culpability and self-hatred", was a controversial opus. The author describes what he sees as a pro-Third-World sentimentalism of part of the Western Left-wing and its cheap self-culpabilisation; the essay had an influence on a whole trend of thought (Maurice Dantec, Michel Houellebecq).