Henri Bergson: References & Edit History

Henri Bergson, Œuvres, 5th ed. (1991), with notes by André Robinet, is the best collection of his works. Selections from Bergson, ed. by Harold A. Larrabee (1949), provides a good introduction in English to his writings. P.A.Y. Gunter, Henri Bergson: A Bibliography, rev. 2nd ed. (1986), lists works by and about Bergson.

A good sympathetic account in French of his life and work is Vladimir Jankélévitch, Henri Bergson (1959, reissued 1989). Jean Guitton, La Vocation de Bergson (1960), presents a good account of Bergson the man.

Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Henri Bergson (1914, reprinted 1978), is highly critical. Critical, yet also sympathetic, are Jacques Chevalier, Henri Bergson, trans. by Lilian A. Clare (1928, reissued 1970; originally published in French, 1926); and Jacques Maritain, La Philosophie bergsonienne, 3rd ed. (1948). Roméo Arbour, Henri Bergson et les lettres françaises (1956), covers his influence on literature and the arts. A.E. Pilkington, Bergson and His Influence: A Reassessment (1976), examines Bergson’s influence on four younger contemporaries. Gilles Deleuze, Bergsonism (1988; originally published in French, 1966), provides an introduction to Bergson’s philosophy. A.R. Lacey, Bergson (1989), is a more advanced treatment.