Benny Lévy
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For the publicist and politician (1740–1814), see Pierre Victor, baron Malouet.
Benny Lévy (also Pierre Victor; 28 August 1945 – 15 October 2003) 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.
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Benny Lévy | |
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Born | (1945-08-28)28 August 1945 |
Died | 15 October 2003(2003-10-15) (aged 58) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy |
Main interests | Marxism, Existentialism, Existential phenomenology, Talmud |
Notable ideas | return to tradition |
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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.