On the Ethics of Weakness: Simone Weil and Nihilism

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2012

Author

Dal Lago, Alessandro

Editor

Vattimo, Gianni Rovatti, Pier Aldo

Pages

111-137

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Place Published

Albany, NY

Language

English

Translator

Carravetta, Peter

Chapter

5

Keywords

nihilism
force
weakness
Lawrence, T.E. (Thomas Edward)
force
Bhagavad-Gita
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Notes

Published in Italian as "L'etica della debolezza. Simone Weil e il nichilismo."in Il pensiero debole. Eds. Vattimo, Ganni and Pier Aldo. Rovatti, 2011 and Spanish as "La ética de la debilidad. Simone Weil y el nihilismo." Trans. De Santiago, Louis in El pensamiento débil. Eds. Vattimo, Gianni and Pier Aldo Rovatti. Madrid: Cátedra, 1995. 128-68