Discussions of Simone Weil

Publication Type

Book

Year of Publication

2000

Author

Rhees, Rush

Secondary Author

Phillips, D. Z. (Dewi Zephaniah) Von der Ruhr, Mario

Series Title

Simone Weil Studies

Publisher

SUNY Pr

Place Published

Albany, N.Y.

Language

English

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Annotation

The book is a collection of the writings of the philosopher Richard Rhees on Simone Weil. They are for the most part, letters he wrote about her and tend to focus on the problems he has with her thought. Rhees comments show a close and careful reading of Weil’s texts giving rise to insightful and challenging questions about it.