Jean-François Revel: Elite

Jean-François Revel was French writer and philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on elite.
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“Soon, many European elites insinuated that the jihadist attacks had some moral justification. These anti-American views began to circulate well before the campaign to dislodge the Taliban kicked off on October 7. The bombing which became the most frequently invoked reason to take sides against the U. S. had not yet even begun.”

Jean-François Revel

2000s, Europe's Anti-American Obsession (2003)

“Anti-Americanism thus defined is less a popular prejudice than a parti pris of the political, cultural and religious elites.”

Jean-François Revel

Source: 2000s, Anti-Americanism (2003), p. 143

“Europeans firmly believe these sorts of caricatures--because they are repeated every day by the elites.”

Jean-François Revel

2000s, Europe's Anti-American Obsession (2003)

“As immigration trends suggest, anti-Americanism is not deeply rooted as a popular prejudice. In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites. According to a SOFRES survey of May 2000, only 10 percent of French feel dislike for the U. S. After September 11, according to another poll, 52 percent of French people interviewed said they had always felt warmly toward the U. S., against 32 percent who said the opposite. Historian Michel Winock concludes that "anti-Americanism is not an attitude of the average French person; it is typical of a certain segment of the elites."”

Jean-François Revel

2000s, Europe's Anti-American Obsession (2003)

People , Feeling , Personality

“This is the message of critics not only in Europe, but also in the United States itself, where anti-Americanism continues to prosper among university, journalistic, and literary elites. But in Europe, these ideological reasons for blaming America first are multiplied by simple jealousy of American power. The current American "hyperpower" is the direct consequence of European powerlessness, both past and present. The United States fills a void caused by our inadequacies in capability, thinking, and will to act.”

Jean-François Revel

2000s, Europe's Anti-American Obsession (2003)

Jealousy , Thinking , Universe , Past