Overview
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
- | Publication Date: Jul 22, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 120 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1498200850
- | ISBN-13: 9781498200851
