Simone Weil and René Girard: Violence and the Sacred

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Meaney, Marie Cabaud

Journal

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

Volume

84

Number

3

Pages

565-587

Language

English

Keywords

Christianity
desire
evil
force
gravity
Iliad
Girard, René
violence
war

Annotation

Cabaud Meaney compares the views of Simone Weil and René Girard on the relationship between violence and religion. She offers a well-informed lengthy discussion of the views of both Weil and Girard then goes on to compare and contrast them ultimately finding more similarities then difference.

Notes

Reviewed by Gabriël Maes in Cahiers Simone Weil 35, no.2 (2012): 299-302