El-P, the stereotype is that philosophers are celebrities in France. Is that true in any way?

Blame BHL (Bernard-Henri Levy). Guys like him or Alain Finkelkraut are media attention whores. But I'm not sure you can call these guys philosophers.

Not exactly an expert on that field. But Gilles Deleuze they aren't.

El-P, I happen to be giving a lecture on Althusser next week, and for my classes I often put together video packages to play in the first 5 minutes or so. I have done one for this lecture, and couldn't resist slipping in a fairly massive wrestling reference so thought I'd share it with you:

 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/niaw8q

Ah ah ah ! How are you going to refrain yourself from strutting around the desk when the song pops up ?