Jean-Marie Laclavetine comments on André Glucksmann's poiltical about-face

The French philosopher André Glucksmann, considered a left-wing intellectual, recently advertised his support for the right-wing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in an article published in the daily 'Le Monde'. The French novelist Jean-Marie Laclavetine reacts strongly to this stance. "'Why I have chosen Nicolas Sarkozy' [the philosopher had written]... Come on, Glucksmann, it really wasn't necessary to specify this. You have so much in common with him. It is not a choice; it is a slope, a destiny. Like Nicolas you are full of immense love of yourself and figures of strength. You venerated Mao, you admire George W.Bush, you would have loved Picrochole [archetype of the corrupt king created by French writer François Rabelais], if only as a target for you dazzling diatribe. ... As always, you need a powerful figure to adore and a baddy to detest along with complacent ears for you to pour your vast theories into."

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