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Book Synopsis'Between the Human and the Divine will introduce American readers to one of the most complex, troubled and troubling, luminous, path-breaking and neglected minds of our time. Dietz has taken an important step towards getting the measure of a thinker who measures our civilization.'-THE REVIEW OF POLITICS
Trade ReviewDietz's book succeeds in providing a comprehensive overview of the full range of Simone Weil's social and political thought... * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy *
...Dietz has written a fine book on a most difficult subject. ^IBetween the Human and the Divine^R will introduce American readers to one of the most complex, troubled and troubling, luminous, path-breaking and neglected minds of our time. Dietz has taken an important step towards getting the measure of a thinker who measures our civilization. * The Review of Politics *
An excellent introduction to Weil. * Library Journal *
...among the finest of the few books in English devoted to an analysis of Weil's thought ....Dietz's discussion of these writings is invariably intelligent, clarifying, and insightful. It is a major accomplishment to have synthesized such a wide range of writings and brought them together as Dietz has done. * Philosophy and Phenomenological Research *