Bad Friday

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2009

Author

Steiner, George

Editor

Boyers, Robert

Book

George Steiner at the New Yorker: Essays

Pages

219-229

Publisher

New Directions Publishing

Place Published

New York

Language

English

Series Title

New Directions Paperback

Keywords

Catholic Church
Christianity
Greece
Judaism
politics
Nevins, Thomas

Annotation

Steiner offers an overview of Weil's life and work discussing her status as a philosopher, her politics, treatment of ancient Greek thinkers, her complex attitude towards Judaism and her relationship with Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism. Steiner pays particular attention to Thomas Nevins's book: Simone Weil: Portrait of a Self-Exiled Jew.

Notes

French edition is reviewed by Robert Chenavier in Cahiers Simone Weil 33, no. 4 (2010): 585-597