Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century / Eric O. Springsted.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Springsted, Eric O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2021]

Summary:

This in-depth study examines the social, religious, and philosophical thought of Simone Weil.Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century presents a comprehensive analysis of Weil's interdisciplinary thought, focusing especially on the depth of its challenge to contemporary philosophical and religious studies.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations for Weil's Works

A Brief Biography of Simone Weil

PART I . PHILOSOPHICAL ANDTHEOLOGICAL THOUGHT

CHAPTER 1 A Thoughtful Life

CHAPTER 2 Mystery and Philosophy

CHAPTER 3 The Nature of Grace: Incarnation and Crucifixion in Weil's Thought

CHAPTER 4 Love and Intellect

CHAPTER 5 "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine . . ."

CHAPTER 6 Spiritual Apprenticeship

CHAPTER 7 A Sacramental Understanding of the World

PART I I . SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

CHAPTER 8 Beyond the Personal: Weil's Critiqueof Maritain

CHAPTER 9 The Language of the Inner Life

CHAPTER 10 "Thou Hast Given Me Room": Weil's Retheologization of the Political

CHAPTER 11 The Need for Order and the Need for Roots: To Being through History

CHAPTER 12 A Theory of Culture: Inspirationand Its Outworkings

CHAPTER 13 Searching for a New Saint Benedict: Attention and the Formation of Community

CHAPTER 14 Moral Clarity in War

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780268200206

0268200203

OCLC:

1240279066