Philosopher Vladimir Jankeacute;leacute;vitch has only recently begun to receive his due from the English-speaking world, thanks in part to discussions of his thought by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Leacute;vinas, and Paul Ricoeur. Yet Jankeacute;leacute;vitch has long been known internationally for his unique perspective that draws from a range of disciplines outside the philosophical canon. Originally published in 1967,Le Pardon,orForgiveness,is one of Jankeacute;leacute;vitch's most influential works. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing it-a controversial notion when considering events as emotionally charged as the Holocaust. Like so many of Jankeacute;leacute;vitch's works,Forgivenesstranscends standard treatments of moral problems, not simply generating a treatise on one subject but incorporating discussions of topics such as free will, giving, creativity, and temporality. Translator Andrew Kelley here masterfully captures Jankeacute;leacute;vitch's melodic prose and, in a substantive introduction, reviews his life and intellectual contributions.Forgivenessis an essential part of that legacy, and this long- overdue English translation will be an indispensable guide to understanding one of the great Western philosophers of the twentieth century.