Mystical Selfhood and Women’s Agency: Simone Weil and French Feminist Philosophy

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Pinnock, Sarah K.

Editor

Rozelle-Stone, Rebecca Stone, Lucian

Book

The Relevance of the Radical: Simone Weil 100 Years Later

Pages

205-220

Publisher

Continuum

Place Published

New York

Language

English

Chapter

13

Keywords

identity
mysticism
oppression
self

Annotation

Pinnock reflects on Weil's thought in relation to the work of the French feminists Simone de Beauvoir and Luce Irigaray in order to argue that although Weil’s work was not overtly feminist it “evidences feminist attributes” (p. 203). Pinnock pays particular attention to notions of the self, identity, oppression and mysticism in the work of these three women