Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published "Essays in Love" (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include "How Proust Can Change Your Life" (1997), "Status Anxiety" (2004) and "The Architecture of Happiness" (2006).
Alain Soral
In a report on the television programme "Complément d'enquête" (in its episode devoted to the controversial French humorist Dieudonné M'bala M'bala), broadcast on the French television channel France 2 on 20 September 2004, Alain Soral said:
These comments sparked much controversy, and Soral estranged himself from his showbiz friends like Thierry Ardisson, a French TV host and producer, though they knew each other for more than 25 years. Anti-Semitism is the subject of Soral's book "CHUTe! Éloge de la disgrâce" ("HUSH! In praise of disgrace"). The title of the book is a play on words. Chut means "hush" in French, while Chute means "fall". Soral defended his comments some days later on the website oumma.com, claiming that his words had been taken out of context.