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Henri Bergson
About This Book
Appearing here in English for the first time, Vladimir Jankélévitch's Henri Bergson is one of the two great commentaries written on Henri Bergson. Gilles Deleuze's Bergsonism renewed interest in the great French philosopher but failed to consider Bergson's experiential and religious perspectives. Here Jankélévitch covers all aspects of Bergson's thought, emphasizing the concepts of time and duration, memory, evolution, simplicity, love, and joy. A friend of Bergson's, Jankélévitch first published this book in 1931 and revised it in 1959 to treat Bergson's later works. This unabridged translation of the 1959 edition includes an editor's introduction, which contextualizes and outlines Jankélévitch's reading of Bergson, additional essays on Bergson by Jankélévitch, and Bergson's letters to Jankélévitch.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Editorsâ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Jankélévitch on Bergson: Living in Time
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Organic Totalities
- Chapter Two. Freedom
- Chapter Three. Soul and Body
- Chapter Four. Life
- Chapter Five. Heroism and Saintliness
- Chapter Six. The Nothingness of Concepts and the Plenitude of Spirit
- Chapter Seven. Simplicity... and Joy
- Appendices
- Supplementary Pieces
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index