Two Genders of the Soul: Regarding the Love of God

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2008

Author

Rybakova, Maria

Journal

Arion

Volume

16

Number

1

Pages

119-129

Language

English

Keywords

Cathars
gender
love
Gray, Francine du Plessix
fairy tales

Annotation

Rybakova rejects Francine du Plessix Gray's suggestion Simone Weil deliberately adopted 'masculine' clothing in an effort to disguise or deny her gender. Rybakova draws on Weil's interest in the Cathars and her interest in the Christian mystical tradition, including her own experience described in the Prologue to argue Weil's view of love calls for a transcendence and not rejection of gender.

url

http://www.bu.edu/arion/files/2010/03/Two-Genders-Rybakova.pdf