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Benny Lévy (aka Pierre Victor) was a philosopher, political activist and author. A political figure of May 1968 in France, he was the disciple and last personal secretary of Jean-Paul Sartre from 1974 to 1980.Along with him, he helped founding the French newspaper Libération in 1972.

After having encountered the Jewish philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas in 1978, he operated a return to tradition. He then founded the Institut d'études lévinassiennes in Jerusalem with Alain Finkielkraut and Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Benny Lévy is known for his unusual itinerary from Maoism to Judaism, or "from Mao to Moses", which was also followed by a few other philosophers of his generation.

May 68 and the Gauche Prolétarienne   more

The Thought of the Return   more

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Total Books: 5
Hope Now The 1980 Interviews
2007 - Hope Now the 1980 Interviews (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780226476315
ISBN-10: 0226476316
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Hope Now  The 1980 Interviews
1996 - Hope Now the 1980 Interviews (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780226476308
ISBN-10: 0226476308
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
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Le nom de l'homme Dialogue avec Sartre
Le Nom De L'homme Dialogue Avec Sartre [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782864320388
ISBN-10: 286432038X
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Le logos et la lettre Philon d'Alexandrie en regard des pharisiens
Le Logos Et La Lettre Philon D'alexandrie En Regard Des Pharisiens [French Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9782864320777
ISBN-10: 2864320770
Genre: Nonfiction
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Visage continu La pensee du retour chez Emmanuel Levinas
Visage Continu La Pensee Du Retour Chez Emmanuel Levinas [Philosophie - French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782864322894
ISBN-10: 2864322897
Genre: Nonfiction
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