The Embers of Antiquity: The Wartime Political Philosophy of Simone Weil
Publication Type |
Thesis |
Year of Publication |
2000 |
Author |
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Academic Department |
Political Science |
Publisher |
Yale University |
Place Published |
Connecticut |
Work Type |
Diss |
Language |
English |
Advisor |
Smith, Steven B. |
Keywords |
affliction (malheur) |
Annotation |
Emery is primarily interested in Weil as a political philosopher. Through an in-depth, critical discussion of her work, Emery argues Weil lays the foundation for a political philosophy that incorporates what he terms the ‘values of mysticism’ bringing them into the public sphere. The dissertation considers Weil’s status as a political philosopher, her views on the Greeks, Roman and Hebrew civilizations, her concern for and engagement with the ‘afflicted’, her writing on the oppositions between force and justice, rights and obligations, her ideas about the ‘impersonal’, freedom and democracy, and her experiences of and views about mysticism. |