{"product_id":"the-relevance-of-the-radical-simone-weil-100-years-later-9780567381729","title":"The Relevance of the Radical Simone Weil 100 Years Later","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1940s, Simone Weil (1909-1943) wrote that 'the glossy surface' of her civilization hid 'a real intellectual decadence'. This collection of essays examines the life and words of Simone Weil, the late French activist, philosopher, and mystic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In these essays marking the centenary of Simone Weil's birth, contributors show how the life and words of the late French activist, philosopher, and mystic are arguably more urgent now than ever before. The book's first section analyzes the \"radical orientation\" suggested in Weil's writings, addressing the relevance of her religious ideas, the \"irrelevant,\" the posture of attentiveness and \"looking,\" and the roles of erotic exemplarity and mystery. The second section examines the \"radical world\" that follows from that orientation, considering themes like violence, power, resistance, responsibility, feminism, liberation theology, science, technology, propaganda, and political hegemony.\"  -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e'A collection of essays on the continuing significance of Simon Weil is likely to be welcome to those interested in serious reflection on religions and their traditions.' -- oxfordjournals.org\u003cbr\u003e‘This sharp set of essays examines Weil's disconcerting life and work, revealing her troubling relevance for the contemporary world.  Filled with more than its share of surprises, these well-written pieces by an excellent panel of scholars call us to attend to Weil's strange genius and to reckon with her counterintuitive insights.  I have no doubt that I will return to this collection many times in the years to come.' - Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Elon University, NC, USA -- Stephen Bloch-Schulman\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a splendid collection of interpretative essays focused on the radical character of Simone Weil's contribution. The editors have assembled essays that locate Weil's insights in the context of late 20th century thought, including reflections on her enduring importance for readers concerned with spirituality, social justice and the role of science and technology in contemporary life. The volume offers an interdisciplinary approach that is accessible and illuminating, inviting to both new readers and scholars of Weil's  compelling insights. I was especially excited about the chapters that situated these insights within the context of French feminism and Latin American liberation theology.' - Clare Fischer, Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA, USA -- Clare Fischer\u003cbr\u003eBook mentioned in The Church Times New Titles section. April 2010 * Church Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS           Acknowledgements                                                  Notes on Contributors                                               List of Abbreviations                                                       Preface : The Relevance of Simone Weil: 100 Years Later                                                                          JACQUES CABAUD           Introduction: A Call to Radicalism                               A. REBECCA ROZELLE-STONE and LUCIAN STONE           PART I. RADICAL ORIENTATION           1. Simone Weil on Modern Disequilibrium                       BARTOMEU ESTELRICH           2. Simone Weil and the Ethic of (Im)moderation               A. REBECCA ROZELLE-STONE           3. The Supernatural as Remedy toTotalitarian Regimes - Simone Weil on Sanctity and the Eucharist                       MARIE CABAUD MEANEY           4. Christianity and the Errors of Our Time: Simone Weil on Atheism and Idolatry                                                   MARIO VON DER RUHR           5. \"To Make Known This Method\": Simone Weil and the Business of Institutional Education                               CHRISTOPHER A. P. NELSON           6. Mystery and Philosophy                                           ERIC O. SPRINGSTED           PART II. RADICAL WORLD           7. Miracles and Supernatural Physics: Simone Weil on the Relationship of Science and Religion                               VANCE G. MORGAN           8. Simone Weil's Analysis of Modern Science as the Basis of Her Critique of the Technological Society                       LAWRENCE E. SCHMIDT           9. The 'War' on Error? Violent Metaphor and Words with Capital Letters                                                               A. REBECCA ROZELLE-STONE and LUCIAN STONE           10. Despair is the Handmaiden of War                            E. JANE DOERING           11. Power, Subjectivity, and Resistance in the Thought of Simone Weil and Michel Foucault                                   KRISTA E. DUTTENHAVER and COY D. JONES           12. An Ethical Account of the Self Who Might Be Otherwise: Simone Weil and Judith Butler                                       CYNTHIA GAYMAN           13. Mystical Selfhood and Women's Agency: Simone Weil and French Feminist Philosophy                                       SARAH PINNOCK           14. Truly Incarnated: Simone Weil's Revised Christianity  INESE RADZINS           15. Affliction and the Option for the Poor: Simone Weil and Latin American Liberation Theology                               MARIA CLARA LUCCHETTI BINGEMER           Bibliography      Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767784014167,"sku":"9780567381729","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-relevance-of-the-radical-simone-weil-100-years-later-9780567381729","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}