FINKELKRAUT, ALAIN

(b. 1949)

French philosopher. His parents survived the Holocaust, and he studied in Paris. InLe Juif imaginairehe deals with the question how the Holocaust deformed his Jewish identity. His other works includeReflexions sur la question juive,Anti-Semite and Jew,L'Avenir d'une negationandLa Defaite de la pensie.