Jankélévitch, le virtuose : Le temps. "La grâce de la seconde fois nous est refusée"
Summary
This episode of *Avec Philosophie* explores Vladimir Jankelevitch’s philosophy of time, featuring guests Frédéric Worms and Robert Maggiore. They discuss his critique of Bergson, emphasizing the irreversibility of time, the reality of the instant, and the moral weight of remorse and nostalgia. The conversation also examines Jankelevitch’s views on death as a vital limit that gives life meaning, contrasting his ethical urgency with contemporary political egoism.
Topics discussed
Introduction: Jankelevitch on time and irrevocability
Guests introduced and Jankelevitch archives played
The irreversibility of human existence and time
Jankelevitch's voice, style, and the reality of time
Remorse, regret, and the impossibility of return
Critique of spatializing time and psychological time
Time as lived experience vs. Bergson's spectacle
Ennui, the interval, and the adventure of the first time
The instant, death, and Jankelevitch's critique of Bergson
Vital death and the passion of mortal life
Death as the injection to live and manifest projects
Nostalgia, loss, and the moral gravity of the past
Imprescriptibility of crimes and moral tragedy
Contemporary politics and the rejection of the Other
Indignation, astonishment, and political action
Social media, love, and the link between morality and politics
Conclusion: Instantaneity and the wall of time
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