Vladimi I. Lenin (1870-1924) and Simone Weil (1909-43)
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2006 |
Author |
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Book |
Religion and Political Thought |
Pages |
203-17 |
Publisher |
Continuum |
Place Published |
London |
Language |
English |
Chapter |
14 |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Hoelzel is interested in the debates he identifies as arising around the Christian roots of socialism in the west. He presents Lenin and Weil as two communists situated at the polar ends of the debate. Consideration of these two thinkers he argues opens up "a conversation between secular and mystic Marxism"(p. 204). He first presents Lenin then turns to Weil. He begins with a brief biographical overview then gives a brief contextual overview of her work The Need for Roots. The chapter concludes with a fairly long extract from that work. |