by Bernard-Henri Lévy · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253083832
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«American Vertigo» is the travel essay by philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (439 pages, in French).
Chronicle of a nearly year-long journey through the United States: Bernard-Henri Lévy covers more than twenty thousand kilometres and visits places from devastated New Orleans to Detroit and Brooklyn. The French philosopher reflects on the republican models of France and the United States and on Americans' relationship with religion, politics and ideology.
Originally published in 2006, this paperback edition appeared in 2007 in the Biblio essais collection.
For those who enjoy journalistic essays, travel and philosophical reflection on American politics and society.
Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976. His opinions, political activism, and publications have also been the subject of several controversies over the years.
