Alain Finkielkraut

Alain Finkielkraut
Finkielkraut in 2014
Born (1949-06-30) 30 June 1949
Paris, France
NationalityStateless (1949–1950)
French (1950–present)
AwardsOfficer of the Legion of Honour
Académie française
Education
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines
Philosophical work
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Nouveaux Philosophes
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique
University of California, Berkeley
Main interestsModernity, history of ideas, education

Alain Luc Finkielkraut (French: [alɛ̃ finkɛlkʁot]; Yiddish: [fɪŋkiːlˈkʁaʊ̯t]; born 30 June 1949) is a French essayist, radio producer, and public intellectual. Since 1986, he has been the host of Répliques, a talk show broadcast weekly on France Culture. He was elected a Fellow of the Académie Française in 2014.