Simone Weil

Albert Camus called her ""the only great spirit of our time."" She was one of the most prominent French political thinkers of this century. She was a brilliant social activist, a vigilant and critical Marxist. Her religious and philosophical writings are remarkable in their originality. And yet Simone Weil died without ever writing a complete book and without ever formulating a major intellectual testament. In this study of her life and thought, John Hellman synthesizes insights drawn from her varied, fragmentary writings--notebooks, essays, and letters--into a single, highly original view of the world. This fascinating book reinforces the belief that Simone Weil remains one of the most imaginative and out-of-the-ordinary forces in twentieth-century political thought and social activism.

Author: John Hellman
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 07/22/2014
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781498200851

About the Author
John Hellman is Professor of History at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He specializes in European Intellectual and Modern French History.