The Importance of Simone Weil

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2002

Author

Milosz, Czeslaw

Editor

Carpenter Bogdana Levine Madeline G.

Book

To begin where I am : selected essays

Pages

246-259

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Place Published

New York

Language

English

Edition

1st pbk.

Keywords

Christianity
Marxism
history

Annotation

Milosz provides a well-informed, wide-ranging discussion of Weil’s life and work, paying particular attention to its relation to contemporary views of history and historical progress. He concludes the piece with a reflection on Weil’s work in relation to the political and religious context of Poland at the time of his writing.