{"product_id":"venice-saved-9781350043909","title":"Venice Saved","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowards the end of her life, the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil (1909-43) was working on a tragedy, \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved\u003c\/i\u003e. Appearing here in English for the first time, this play explores the realisation of Weil's own thoughts on tragedy. A figure of affliction, a central theme in Weil''s religious metaphysics, the central character offers a unique insight into Weil's broader philosophical interest in truth and justice, and provides a fresh perspective on the wider conception of tragedy itself.The play depicts the plot by a group of Spanish mercenaries to sack Venice in 1618 and how it fails when one conspirator, Jaffier, betrays them to the Venetian authorities, because he feels compassion for the city''s beauty.  The edition includes notes on the play by the translators as well as introductory material on: the life of Weil; the genesis and purport of the play; Weil and the tragic; the issues raised by translating \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved\u003c\/i\u003e. With additional suggestions for further r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimone Weil has long been admired for her reading of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e in which she identified the true hero and subject as force. In \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved\u003c\/i\u003e, her own attempt at dramaturgy, force once again takes center stage in the form of a conspiracy amongst a band of exiles to topple a city in the service of empire and personal glory. What, if anything, can withstand such force? Beauty? Friendship? Pity? Redemptive suffering? \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved \u003c\/i\u003eprovides new insights to Weil’s moral and political philosophy. -- Lucian Stone, Associate Professor of Philosophy,University of North Dakota, USA\u003cbr\u003eThis highly readable translation of Simone Weil’s unfinished and only play, \u003ci\u003eVenise Sauvée\u003c\/i\u003e, highlights universal themes such as violence, power, friendship, beauty, and affliction. But Weil’s tragedy, written at a time when her native France was being overtaken by Hitler’s Germany, is particularly resonant for the 21st century, as we confront new forms of brutality, the politics of fear, and ever-growing social divisiveness. -- A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of North Dakota, USA\u003cbr\u003eThe genealogy of \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved \u003c\/i\u003ein Weil’s lifework is laid out here with sensitivity and accuracy, exposing her key themes: force, affliction, attention, love, kenosis, void, and the cross. Weil contemplated suffering and redemption at the core of existence, and in \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved \u003c\/i\u003eshe sought to distill their quintessence. -- Lissa McCullough, California State University Dominguez Hills, author of The Religious Philosophy of Simone Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslators’ Biographies Preface  Acknowledgements  List of abbreviations  Chapter 1 Simone Weil: An Inhabited Philosophy   Chapter 2 The Genesis and Purport of \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved\u003c\/i\u003e   Chapter 3 Weil and the Tragic   Chapter 4 On the Translation   \u003ci\u003eVenice Saved: Tragedy in Three Acts\u003c\/i\u003e by Simone Weil  Translators’ Notes  Bibliography  Further reading  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039329157463,"sku":"9781350043909","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350043909.jpg?v=1750943339","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/venice-saved-9781350043909","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}