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Benny Lévy, the Glossary

Benny Lévy (also Pierre Victor; 28 August 1945 – 15 October 2003) was a philosopher, political activist and author.^[1]

48 relations: Alain Finkielkraut, Alain Geismar, Aleppo, École normale supérieure (Paris), Bernard-Henri Lévy, Cairo, Contemporary philosophy, Continental philosophy, Deconstruction, Dominique Lecourt, Emmanuel Levinas, Existential phenomenology, Existentialism, French nationality law, Gauche prolétarienne, Israel, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jerusalem, Jewish philosophy, Judaism, Kabbalah, Kingdom of Egypt, Libération, Louis Althusser, Maoism, Marxism, Marxist philosophy, May 68, Messiah, Paris Diderot University, Philon, Refugee, Simone de Beauvoir, Sorbonne University, Statelessness, Strasbourg, Suez Crisis, Sukkot, Talmud, Theodicy, Tony Lévy, Union des jeunesses communistes marxistes-léninistes, Union of Communist Students, United Nations, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Western philosophy, Yeshiva.
1968 in France
French Maoists
French Orthodox Jews
Israeli philosophers

Alain Finkielkraut

Alain Luc Finkielkraut (born 30 June 1949) is a French essayist, radio producer, and public intellectual. Benny Lévy and Alain Finkielkraut are 20th-century French philosophers, 21st-century French philosophers and Jewish philosophers.

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Alain Geismar

Alain Geismar (born 17 July 1939 in Paris) is a French politician, physicist, and Honorary Inspector General of Education.

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Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.

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École normale supérieure (Paris)

The – PSL (also known as ENS,, Ulm or ENS Paris) is a grande école in Paris, France.

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy (born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Benny Lévy and Bernard-Henri Lévy are École Normale Supérieure alumni, 20th-century French philosophers and Jewish philosophers.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Contemporary philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

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Continental philosophy

Continental philosophy is an umbrella term for philosophies prominent in continental Europe.

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Deconstruction

Deconstruction is a loosely-defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning.

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Dominique Lecourt

Dominique Lecourt (5 February 1944 – 1 May 2022) was a French philosopher. Benny Lévy and Dominique Lecourt are École Normale Supérieure alumni, 20th-century French philosophers and 21st-century French philosophers.

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Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas (12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology. Benny Lévy and Emmanuel Levinas are 20th-century French philosophers and French Orthodox Jews.

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Existential phenomenology

Existential phenomenology encompasses a wide range of thinkers who take up the view that philosophy must begin from experience like phenomenology, but argues for the temporality of personal existence as the framework for analysis of the human condition.

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Existentialism

Existentialism is a family of views and forms of philosophical inquiry that explores the issue of human existence.

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French nationality law

French nationality law is historically based on the principles of jus soli (Latin for "right of soil") and jus sanguinis, according to Ernest Renan's definition, in opposition to the German definition of nationality, jus sanguinis (Latin for "right of blood"), formalised by Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

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Gauche prolétarienne

The Gauche prolétarienne (GP) was a French Maoist political party which existed from 1968 to 1974.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Jacques Derrida

Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida;Peeters (2013), pp. 12–13. See also 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. Benny Lévy and Jacques Derrida are École Normale Supérieure alumni, 20th-century French philosophers, 21st-century French philosophers and Jewish philosophers.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Benny Lévy and Jean-Paul Sartre are École Normale Supérieure alumni, 20th-century French philosophers and French communists.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jewish philosophy

Jewish philosophy includes all philosophy carried out by Jews, or in relation to the religion of Judaism.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Kabbalah

Kabbalah or Qabalah (קַבָּלָה|Qabbālā|reception, tradition) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.

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Kingdom of Egypt

The Kingdom of Egypt (The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until the abolition of the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan in 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

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Libération

(liberation), popularly known as Libé, is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.

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Louis Althusser

Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy. Benny Lévy and Louis Althusser are École Normale Supérieure alumni and 20th-century French philosophers.

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Maoism

Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China.

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Marxism

Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.

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Marxist philosophy

Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory are works in philosophy that are strongly influenced by Karl Marx's materialist approach to theory, or works written by Marxists.

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May 68

Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories. Benny Lévy and May 68 are 1968 in France.

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Messiah

In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people.

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Paris Diderot University

Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France.

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Philon

Philon (Φίλων), Athenian architect of the 4th century BC, is known as the planner of two important works: the portico of twelve Doric columns to the great Hall of the Mysteries at Eleusis (work commissioned by Demetrius Phalereus about 318 BC) and, under the administration of Lycurgus, an arsenal at Athens.

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Refugee

A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

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Simone de Beauvoir

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Benny Lévy and Simone de Beauvoir are 20th-century French philosophers and French communists.

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Sorbonne University

Sorbonne University (Sorbonne Université) is a public research university located in Paris, France.

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Statelessness

In international law, a stateless person is someone who is "not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law".

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Strasbourg

Strasbourg (Straßburg) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace.

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Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956.

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Sukkot

Sukkot is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei.

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Talmud

The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.

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Theodicy

In the philosophy of religion, a theodicy (meaning 'vindication of God', from Ancient Greek θεός theos, "god" and δίκη dikē, "justice") is an argument that attempts to resolve the problem of evil that arises when all power and all goodness are simultaneously ascribed to God.

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Tony Lévy

Tony Lévy (born 1943 in Egypt) is an historian of mathematics, specializing particularly in Hebrew mathematics. Benny Lévy and Tony Lévy are French Maoists.

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Union des jeunesses communistes marxistes-léninistes

The Union of Communist Youth Marxist-Leninist (Union des jeunesses communistes marxistes-léninistes, abbreviated UJC(ml)) was a French maoist youth organization.

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Union of Communist Students

The Union of Communist Students (Union des étudiants communistes, UEC) is a French student political organization, part of the Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France (MJCF, Young Communists Movement of France).

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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Yeshiva

A yeshiva or jeshibah (ישיבה||sitting; pl. ישיבות, or) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Lévy

Also known as Pierre Victor.

Benny Lévy, the Glossary

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1968 in France

French Maoists

French Orthodox Jews

Israeli philosophers

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