Simone Weil and the Politics of Self-Denial

Publication Type

Book

Year of Publication

1998

Author

Moulakis, Athanasios

Pages

266

Publisher

University of Missouri Press

Place Published

Columbia

Language

English

Translator

Hein, Ruth

Keywords

overview
politics
Winch, Peter

Annotation

Moulakis gives an overview of Weil’s life and thought in order to provide a context for and understanding of the development of her political thought. He seeks to identify the underlying philosophic views of this thought and “its relation to its social and intellectual background” (p. 18). Translation from the German: Simone Weil. Die Politik der Askese