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Simone Weil: On Politics, Religion and Society

Simone Weil: On Politics, Religion and Society

Frost, Christopher
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca

Paperback

Series: Women of Ideas

PhilosophyBiographies GeneralWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0803978634
ISBN13: 9780803978638
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: May 21 1998
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.74
Language: English
This book provides a unique presentation of Simone Weil s life, work, and her contributions to feminist thought. Long before postmodern or deconstructionist ideas became current, Weil was concerned with recognizing the absence of consistency and the continual presence of reversals and contradictions in life. The struggle to clarify her reading of reality and her perceptions of meaning was an ongoing one and she challenged contemporary views on complex issues such as human nature, good and evil, divinity, and truth. In this introduction to Simone Weil s ideas, and the political and intellectual circumstances of her work, the authors make Weil s complex and at times elusive ideas accessible to readers. They offer their own interpretation of her work and delineate how Weil s ideas evolved, while providing compelling excerpts from Weil s writings to let her speak for herself. Her work offers a voice for those segments of society that are generally underrepresented, misrepresented, or totally silent in conventional historical and philosophical writings. Simone Weil will be valuable reading for students and academics involved in women s studies, philosophy, psychology, political and social theory, and for anyone with an interest in the life and work of this passionate individual.

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