Reading Simone Weil: Its Better to Fade Away
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2003 |
Author |
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Editor |
Cuomo, Chris |
Book |
The Philosopher Queen: Feminist Essays on War, Love and Knowledge |
Pages |
127-142 |
Publisher |
Rowman and Littlefield |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Cuomo begins with a biographical overview of Weil’s life and work paying particular attention to suffering and oppression. She then moves on to look at Weil’s troubled and complex relationship to her own body and the role of embodiment in general in her thought. She concludes with a brief reflection on the response to and influence of Weil’s work on female scholars, particular philosophers. |