Raphaël Zagury-Orly is a French-Israeli philosopher. His work primarily focuses on German idealism, phenomenology, contemporary French philosophy, and Jewish Thought in the line of Derrida deconstruction and ethical Lévinas thought.[1]

Raphael Zagury-Orly
OccupationsPhilosopher, Lecturer, Professor, Writer
Education
Alma materUniversity of Paris IV (1997-2002)
ThesisLe statut du criticisme dans le discours philosophique de la modernité : Kant face à Hegel et Heidegger (English: The status of criticism in the philosophical discourse of modernity : Kant after Hegel and Heidegger) (2002)
Alain Renaut
Philosophical work
EraContemporary Philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
Main interests
German Idealism, Jewish Thought, Phenomenology, Aesthetics, Art theory, Metaphysics, History of Philosophy
Notable works
To Live And Die in History (2024, with Joseph Cohen) & Where is French Philosophy Heading? (with Isabelle Alfandary & Sandra Laugier)

Education

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He studied at the University of Paris IV from 1997 until 2002, when he obtained his Ph.D in Philosophy and Metaphysics. He defended his thesis under the direction of Alain Renaut.[2]

Academic career

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He is a visiting professor at l’Institut Catholique de Paris[3] since 2019;[4] associate member of the École des Hautes Études En Sciences Sociales, where his work focuses on the theory of contemporary art;[3] and program director of the Collège International de Philosophie.[4]

Since 2015, is a founding member (along with Charlotte Casiraghi, Robert Maggiori, and Joseph Cohen at Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco (PhiloMonaco).[1]

Between 2003 and 2014, he was a professor of philosophy at the Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts and Design as well as the director of its MFA program.[4]

He held a research fellowship at the Asia and Europe in a Global Context Institute at the University of Heidelberg.[4]

He was a visiting professor at the University of Rome at Sapienza from 2015-2016,[4] at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design from 2014-2015,[4] and at École Doctorale de Sciences Po from 2016[1]-2019.[4]

"Since 2004, he is Scientific Editor at the Resling Publishing House in Tel-Aviv, where he has supervised numerous Hebrew translations of Derrida, Deleuze, Bataille, Lyotard and Anders."[4]

He is also the official curator for the Night of Philosophy in Tel Aviv since 2015. The Night of Philosophy is part of the local French Institute and works with the Arts program.[5] Israeli and French intellectuals, totaling about one hundred people, meet to discuss philosophical topics.[5]

Bibliography

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Academic papers (solo works)

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  • Zagury-Orly, Raphaël. "18. L’humain qui vient–sans télos." In L'Humain qui vient, pp. 173-183. Hermann, 2024.
  • Zagury-Orly, Raphaël, and Stéphane Habib. "Ce qui ne revient pas au meme." The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 14, no. 1-2 (2006): 37-54.
  • Zagury-Orly, Raphael. "Schelling et le problème de la liberté: contribution à la lecture heideggerienne de Schelling." (1995).

Academic papers (collaborative/collective)

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  • Cohen, Joseph, and Raphael Zagury-Orly. "De la «Vérité de l’Être» à l’«auto-annihilation du judaïsme»." Revue internationale de philosophie 279, no. 1 (2017): 7-25.
  • Zagury-Orly, Raphael. "On Election: Levinas and the Question of Ethics as First Philosophy." International Journal of Philosophical Studies 20, no. 3 (2012): 349-361.
  • Zagury-Orly, Raphael. "Jean-Luc Nancy. Donner a Heidegger son ethique." B@ belonline 10-11 (2011).
  • Heidegger. Qu’appelle-t-on le Lieu ?. Les Temps Modernes de Collectif. Éditions Gallimard. October 2008. Collection: Revue Les Temps Modernes no.650.
  • Jacques Derrida, l’évènement déconstruction. Les Temps Modernes de Collectif. Éditions Gallimard. Collection: Revue Les Temps Modernes, no.669.
  • Giavitto, Jean-Louis, Alain Fleisher, Olivier Perriquet, and Raphael Zagury-Orly. "Organisation de la séance publique de la première rencontre no.1 "La musique en effets." In Sciences et Fictions de l'Humain—Rencontres no.1 "La musique en effets." 2023.

Books (solo works)

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Books (collaborative/collective)

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  • Cohen, Joseph, and Raphael Zagury-Orly. "To live and die in history." In After Life, pp. 68-79. Routledge, 2023. ISBN 9783865693969.
  • Cohen, J., & Zagury-Orly, R. (2021). L'Adversaire privilégié. Heidegger, les juifs et nous. Paris: Éditions Galilée.
  • Derrida-Levinas. An Alliance Awaiting the Political. Mimesis International, 2019. ISBN 9788869771194.
  • Bergo, Bettina, Joseph D. Cohen, and Raphael Zagury-Orly, eds. Judeities. No. 58. Fordham University Press, 2007.
  • Cohen, Joseph, and Raphaël Zagury-Orly. "Un monster de fidélité." (2003).

Notes

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Raphaël Zagury-Orly". Philo Monaco (in French). Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco. 1 January 2026. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026.
  2. Zagury-Orly, Raphaël (2002). "Le statut du criticisme dans le discours philosophique de la modernité : Kant face à Hegel et Heidegger". Sudoc. University of Paris IV. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Raphaël Zagury-Orly". Le Cral (in French). EHESS. 1 January 2026. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gilbert, Alexandre (15 July 2024). "Raphael Zagury-Orly Interview 252". The Blogs. Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 5 September 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 Davis, Barry (19 May 2015). "Just a Thought". the Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 8 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
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