Simone Weil: An Apprenticeship in Attention
Publication Type |
Book |
Year of Publication |
2006 |
Author |
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Series Title |
Outstanding Christian Thinkers |
Publisher |
Continuum |
Place Published |
London |
Language |
English |
Keywords |
affliction (malheur) |
Annotation |
Von Der Ruhr, in this introductory volume directed largely at a non-academic audience, seeks to defend Weil against those who would argue she was “at best, a nominal Christian”. After a biographical chapter, he goes on to present a chronological overview of the development of some of the central aspects of her thought, especially her notion of attention, although her work on the ‘needs of the soul”, ‘other religions’, creation and affliction are also considered in some depth. See pages 107 to 113 for discussion of Weil and the Bhagavadgita |