Making the World My Body: Simone Weil and Somatic Practice
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication |
2002 |
Author |
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Journal |
Philosophy East and West |
Volume |
52 |
Number |
4 |
Pages |
479-497 |
Publisher |
University of Hawaii Press |
Language |
English |
Publish Dates |
October |
Keywords |
apprenticeship |
Annotation |
Pirruccello discusses Simone Weil’s views of the body in comparison to some Japanese Buddhist forms of somatic practice. She begins by outlining Weil’s views on the body and their relationship to her religious thought paying particular attention to her notions of attention, reading, apprenticeship and the self or ego. She next briefly presents Weil’s tentative identification of ways of incorporating bodily practice into one’s spiritual development. Pirruccello then turns to the Japanese Zen tradition, focusing on Dogen in order to compare and contrast Weil’s views to some of the teachings of this tradition. She concludes by reflecting on the development of somatic practices that might incorporate aspects of both Weil’s work and the Zen traditions presented. |