The relevance of the radical : Simone Weil 100 years later / edited by A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone and Lucian Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rozelle-Stone, A. Rebecca (Adrian Rebecca), 1978-

Stone, Lucian, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weil, Simone, 1909-1943.

Weil, Simone.

Physical Description:

xxv, 278 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2010]

Summary:

This new collection of essays examines the life and works of the late French activist, philosopher, and mystic Simone Weil. The contributions discuss Weil's ‘radical orientation' and the 'radical world', concentrating on a variety of issues, such as religious ideas, the role of erotic exemplarity and mystery, as well as themes like violence, power, resistance, responsibility, feminism, liberation theology, science, technology, propaganda, and political hegemony.

Contents:

Part 1 Radical Orientation

Chapter 1 Simone Weil on Modern Disequilibrium / Bartomeu Estelrich 3

Chapter 2 Simone Weil and Ethic of (Im)moderation / A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone 18

Chapter 3 The Supernatural as Remedy to Totalitarian Regimes: Simone Weil on Sanctity and the Eucharist / Marie Cabaud Meaney 38

Chapter 4 Christianity and the Errors of Our Time: Simone Weil on Atheism and Idolatry / Mario von der Ruhr 53

Chapter 5 “To Make Known This Method”: Simone Weil and the Business of Institutional Education / Christopher A.P. Nelson 76

Chapter 6 Mystery and Philosophy / Eric O. Springsted 91

Part 2 Radical World

Chapter 7 Miracles and Supernatural Physics: Simone Weil on the Relationship of Science and Religion / Vance G. Morgan 107

Chapter 8 Simone Weil's Analysis of Modern Science as the Basis of Her Critique of the Technological Society / Lawrence E. Schmidt 123

Chapter 9 The 'War' of Error? Violent Metaphor and Words with Capital Letters / A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, Lucian Stone 139

Chapter 10 Despair is the Handmaiden of War / E. Jane Doering 159

Chapter 11 Power, Subjectivity and Resistance in the Thought of Simone Weil and Michel Foucault / Krista E. Duttenhver, Coy D. Jones 176

Chapter 12 An Ethical Account of the Self Who Might Be Otherwise: Simone Weil and Judith Butler / Cynthia Gayman 193

Chapter 13 Mystical Selfhood and Women's Agency: Simone Weil and French Feminist Philosophy / Sarah K. Pinnock 205

Chapter 14 Truly Incarnated: Simone Weil's Revised Christianity / Inese Radzins 221

Chapter 15 Affliction and the Option for the Poor: Simone Weil and Latin American Liberation Theology / Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer 240.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567517289

0567517284

9780567381729

0567381722

OCLC:

432428700