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Alain Finkielkraut has been a familiar figure in French intellectual debate for over forty years. His career reflects the vicissitudes of our times. Some see contradictions in it, others see independence of mind. Today, the writer and philosopher is one of the rare defenders of a literary vision of the world, that is, a way of understanding everyday life and current events in which books have something to teach us. Literature can help us decipher the nature of contemporary events, shed light on them in the light of the past, and give us a glimpse of the future. But who consults it today? We discuss with him his favorite authors (Philip Roth, Milan Kundera, etc.), his intellectual trajectory, his tropism for Central Europe, his role as an academic, his vision of France, and many other subjects – such as his love of cows or his phobia of mobile phones. Because, certainly, Alain Finkielkraut is a man full of nuances and uncertainties. But who isn't? Find the entire program of the Atelier de la langue française on www.atelier-languefrancaise.fr