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The remarkable life and work of the French philosopher and activist Simone Weil has fascinated scholars from many disciplines, with no less than Albert Camus calling her the 'only great spirit of our times'. Although contemporaneous with the rise of existentialism, and educated alongside contemporaries such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the creative and restless nature of Weil's thought set her apart. Equally adept at thinking across politics, philosophy, theology, ethics, literature, and science, Weil stands distinct in the canon of twentieth-century Western thought as a highly unique and controversial figure.
The Routledge Companion to Simone Weil is an outstanding survey of her thought. Thirty-seven chapters by an international team of expert contributors are divided into six clear parts:
Contextualising Weil
Philosophical Sources
Key Concepts
Politics and Society
Interactions with Religion
Conversations.
Within these sections key thinkers and topics central to Weil's philosophy are addressed, including Plato, Kant, Marx, God, attention, love, beauty, labour and work, the body, slavery, rootedness, colonialism, fascism, Catholicism, Judaism, Indic thought, phenomenology, existentialism, feminism, literature, and many more.
The Routledge Companion to Simone Weil is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or researching Weil's thought, whether in philosophy and religious studies or related disciplines such as political theory, French literature and Jewish studies.
Contents
Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Simone Weil for our Times? Deborah Casewell and Christopher Thomas Part 1: Contextualising Weil 1. Historical Context Christine Ann Evans 2. Biography Palle Yourgrau 3. Key Texts and Reception History Eric O. Springsted 4. Mystic, Activist, and Philosopher Deborah Casewell Part 2: Philosophical Sources 5. Plato Vance Morgan 6. Stoicism Warren Heiti 7. Kant Tully Rector 8. Alain (Émile Chartier) Simone Kotva 9. Marx Lawrence Blum 10. The Bhagavad-Gītā Nicolas Bommarito Part 3: Key Concepts 11. Necessity and Force Philip Goodchild 12. Beauty Christopher Thomas 13. Decreation Robert Reed 14. Attention Kathryn Lawson 15. Love Stuart Jesson 16. Affliction Eva Maria Düringer 17. God Maria Clara Bingemer 18. Labor and Work Inese Radzins 19. Metaxu Emmanuel Gabielleri (trans. Mark Sinclair, ed. Deborah Casewell) 20. The Body Cynthia R. Wallace Part 4: Politics and Society 21. Slavery Vincent Lloyd and Nathaniel Grimes 22. Rootedness Anna Rowlands 23. Justice, Human Rights and Obligations Christopher Hamilton 24. Colonialism, Anti-Fascism, and Force's Many Faces Scott Ritner Part 5: Interactions with Religion 25. Catholicism Marie Cabaud Meaney 26. Judaism Anat Pick 27. Indic Thought Nicolas Bommarito 28. Asceticism Gavin Flood Part 6: Conversations 29. Weil and the Existentialists Deborah Casewell 30. Weil and Moral Philosophy Sylvia Caprioglio Panizza 31. Weil and Political Philosophy Kenneth Novis 32. Weil and Phenomenology Lissa McCullough 33. Weil and Literature Hugh Roberts 34. Weil and the Search for Truth Philip Wilson 35. Weil and Feminist Thought Sophie Bourgault 36. Weil and the Creative Arts Daisy LaFarge 37. Weil and Contemporary Concerns Victor Seidler Afterword: Simone Weil's Path of Exile Benjamin P. Davis. Index
