Invited on the set of "Aujourd'hui madame", Alain FINKIELKRAUT answers the question "What is love disorder?". This is Alain Finkielkraut’s first known television appearance.
Alain Finkielkraut during a debate on the "DSK case" criticises the press for "We would like politicians to be in their private behaviour absolutely irreproachable... Who was the best president of the United States? John FITZGERALD KENNEDY, furious erotica lover or George W BUSH, sad monogamous?"
Alain FINKIELKRAUT evokes the book "The Grand Bazaar" in which Daniel COHN BENDIT talks about his activity as an educator in a kindergarten and the sexual practices towards children who were admitted in the 70s. Alain Finkielkraut says on this subject: "Everything obeys fashions, even our idea of evil, even our convictions, so let us keep a salutary distance from ourselves"
Heated exchange between Alain FINKIELKRAUT and Abdel Raouf DAFRI, the latter accusing the philosopher of praising the anti-Semitic writer Maurice BARRES and of being backward-thinking and racist. Alain Finkielkraut, in turn, accuses the writer of defaming him. Exasperated by his interlocutor, Alain Finkielkraut yells at him and twice: "Shut up!".
In Laure ADLER’s programme on homosexuality, Didier ERIBON criticises Alain FINKIELKRAUT for his homophobic remarks: "When FINKIELKRAUT says that it is homosexuals who invent homophobia to feel themselves to exist, it is almost as if he is telling us that Jews invent anti-Semitism to feel themselves to exist." Alain FINKIELKRAUT replied "Stalinist logic is not linked only to the Stalinist historical moment...which means that when we disagreed, we were Trotskyist Hitlero"
Alain Finkielkraut draws an analogy between corruption in politics and pedophilia, to explain that there are degrees of gravity in these two areas. He quotes the English writer CHESTERTON, distinguishes between personal enrichment and political party financing. Similarly, he differentiates between pedophile Marc DUTROUX and Lewis CARROLL.
Alain Finkielkraut, during a debate on the status of women against Elisabeth De Fontenay, defended gallantry (banned after 1968) against women. He said he was annoyed by the attitude of some feminists who continue to denounce the perpetuation of male domination and who do not recognize their victories.
Meeting filmed during a radio debate in RCJ between Alain Finkielkraut and Patrick KARAM of the Collectif Antillais, Guyanais et Réunionnais. The two men converse on the notion of anti-white racism, following a demonstration of high school students in 2005, where young white people had been targeted.