Simone Weil on Modern Disequilibrium

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Barceló, Bartomeu Estelrich

Editor

Rozelle-Stone, A. Rebecca (Adrian Rebecca) Stone, Lucian

Book

The Relevance of the Radical: Simone Weil 100 Years Later

Pages

3-17

Publisher

Continuum

Place Published

New York

Language

English

Chapter

1

Keywords

affliction (malheur)
collective
decreation
force
Marxism
oppression
politics
social (societal)
technology
war
work

Annotation

After presenting some of the difficulties which might arise in using the term 'relevance', Estelrich goes on to discuss the relevance of Weil's work both within the socioeconomic and political context of her life time as well as for the contemporary western world. He does an excellent job of synthesizing some of the major themes found within the Weil corpus and applying them to the problems he identifies in today's world.