Gérard Bensussan

Gérard Bensussan (born September 11, 1948, in Mascara, Algeria) is a professor of philosophy at Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg, a researcher at the CNRS, a translator, and a specialist in Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas. He has worked on German classical philosophy and Jewish philosophy. He initiated the foundation of the Strasbourg Parliament of Philosophers and can be considered a close associate of the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Main Publications

Franz Rosenzweig, Hegel and the State, Paris, PUF, 1991.
Schelling, Philosophy of Revelation, Paris, PUF, 1993-94, and Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology, Paris, Gallimard, 1998 (with the CNRS's Schellingiana RCP).
Franz Rosenzweig, Faith and Knowledge: Around The Star of Redemption, Paris, Vrin, 2001, and
Confluences: Politics, History, Judaism, Paris, Vrin, 2003 (with Marc Crépon and Marc de Launay).

With Georges Labica, Critical Dictionary of Marxism, Paris, PUF, 1982, 1985, 1999.
Moses Hess, Philosophy, Socialism, Paris, PUF, 1985, republished 2004 (Olms Verlag, Hildesheim-Zurich, New York).
Jewish Questions, Paris, Osiris, 1988.
German Philosophy in Jewish Thought, Paris, PUF, 1997 (editor).
Franz Rosenzweig: Existence and Philosophy, Paris, PUF, 2000.
Messianic Time: Historical Time and Lived Time, Paris, Vrin, 2001.
What is Jewish Philosophy?, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 2004.
(editor) with Joseph Cohen, Heidegger: The Danger and the Promise, Paris, Kimé, 2006.
Marx the Departing One, Paris, "Le Bel Aujourd'hui" collection, Hermann Editions, 2007.
The Place and the Region: Questions of Proximity in Les Temps Modernes (review) "Heidegger: *What is Called Place? July-October 2008, No. 650.
Ethics and Experience: Levinas Politics, Strasbourg, Editions La Phocide, "Philosophy - d'autre-part" collection, 2008.
In the Shape of the World: On Franz Rosenzweig, Paris, "Le Bel Aujourd'hui" collection, Hermann Editions, 2009.
The Impatience of Languages, Paris, "Le Bel Aujourd'hui" collection, Hermann Editions, 2010.
The Legacy of Schelling: Interpretations in the 19th and 20th Centuries, 2016.
The Two Morals, Vrin, 2019.
The Writing of the Involuntary: Philosophy of Proust, Editions Classiques Garnier, 2020.
Mirrors in the Night: Hegel's Light, Cerf Editions, 2022.
The Transaction: Rethinking Democracy, PUF/Humensis, 2023.

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